I’m proud to announce that Work+Life Fit, Inc. is part of the first class of employers to be certified as Flex-Friendly! If you visit my Work+Life Fit blog you will see this cool Flex-Friendly 2010 emblem. So, what is the Flex-Friendly certification and why does it matter? 
Launched earlier this year, Flex-Friendly is a workplace flexibility directory of companies actively open to flexible ways of working. Flex-Friendly, “celebrates organizations that meet the needs of our changing workforce.” And your organization can be part of this exciting effort.
First, I’ll share why the Flex-Friendly credential means so much to Work+Life Fit as an employer, and then the founders of Flex-Friendly, Jane Seibel, CEO, and Dr. Ann Farnsworth, CSO, will share why they created the Flex-Friendly directory and certification process, and what their goal are for the process.
For Work+Life Fit, it’s proof that we walk our Flex talk
At Work+Life Fit, Inc. and now with our new parent company, the Flex+Strategy Group, flexibility is not only what we do, it is who we are as an organization. It’s how we operate.
But would our model withstand the outside scrutiny of a flexibility certification process? Do we really walk our talk?
Not only did the verdict come back, “Yes, you are indeed Flex-Friendly,” but it was rewarding to join other forward-thinking organizations both large—Accenture, Sara Lee and American Express—and small that feel it was important to reaffirm that flexibility is a powerful, valueable strategic lever.
How does flexibility in how, when and where work is done and life is managed help Work+Life Fit achieve it’s strategic business objectives? Here are just a few of the impacts: (Click here for more)