We know per the recent McKinsey data, the top reason people STAY is “adequate workplace flexibility.” But what’s really interesting is when you flip the “top reasons for QUITTING” data from the same study from negative to the positive… You have all of the elements of well-executed high performance flexibility–a flexible, dynamic way of operating, […]
This update of a popular corporate finance textbook reinforces the role strategies like work flexibility will play in the operational, cultural, and financial success of organizations: “We’ve devoted an entire new chapter to Responsible Business. But, it’s not just something pigeon-holed into a single chapter; it pervades the book. Out of the five principles that […]
One of my favorite groups in the Work-Life space is the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, and one of my favorite work-life colleagues is Judi Casey, the Network’s Director. The Sloan Network is completing the process to determine its future strategic focus and is gathering as much feedback and information as possible: “The Network […]
Great news… 90% of economists in a recent survey by the National Association of Business Economics predicted the recession will over by the end of 2009! But hold the champagne. These same economists saw unemployment rising as high as 10.7% in the second quarter of 2010, plus: The Congressional Budget Office’s projected a jobless rate […]
At Easter I realized that one year ago my sisters and I were sitting in my mother’s hospital room eating Easter dinner from the cafeteria while she recovered from surgery. It was that Easter Day operation that marked the beginning of her rapid decline and the most intense three-month period of care we needed to […]