flex is not a stretch presentation
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Presentation on why Workplace Flexibility must be a key management strategy going forward.TRANSCRIPT
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Workplace Flexibility: Not Such a Stretch
Grundy Will Human Resources Association
May 26, 2010
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61%
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FLEX
what is it?
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Flex for salaried, service workers
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Flex for hourly and union employees
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Flexible workplaces deliver bottom-line results
Attract talent Employee loyalty Employee engagement Customer satisfaction Customer retention Customer service levels Continuity/disaster
readiness Productivity Profitability
Absenteeism Turnover Real estate costs Utilities Expenses
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Profits
100 @ $35K x 2.5% =
$87,500
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8 to 13(per week)
Productivity
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WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF?
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How do we overcome our resistance?
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Performance
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Communication
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Culture Values and Identity
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Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with
their results.George S. Patton
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10 steps to successful implementation 1. Build the business case.2. Select FWA’s to fit your culture.3. Determine KPI’s to judge success.4. Agree upon rules of engagement.5. Launch a pilot. 6. Invest in training.7. Communicate results.8. Engage employees at the right time.9. Encourage performance-based management.10. Expand the program.
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At the recent White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility, John Berry, the head of OPM quoted Andy Grove of Intel as saying "There are two kinds of businesses--those that use email and those that will." John Berry went on to say "Today, flexibility is the new email. There are employers that have it and those that will."
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Thank you!For more information about flexible workplaces, visit us:
lifemeetswork.com
To learn more about Managing People You Can’t See, go to http://peopleyoucantsee.eventbrite.com
Kyra CavanaughPresidentLife Meets [email protected]
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Resources To search for best practices and bottom-line flex results, go to
www.whenworkworks.org click on Guide (in left margin), then type criteria into online searchable database.
For information on flex work scheduling for hourly workers, go to http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/publication-toolkits/innovative-workplace-flexibility-options-hourly-workers-may-2009
To review the total rewards study by generation, go to http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/publication-toolkits/innovative-workplace-flexibility-options-hourly-workers-may-2009
Flex as a retention strategy (reference to Right and Deloitte studies) http://www.lifemeetswork.com/blog/blogdetail.asp?sectionID=5&articleID=165
Work/Life Issues in America study identifies perception gap between management and employees on work/life issues. http://www.lifemeetswork.com/pages/template3.asp?pageID=180
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