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boost the bottom line

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2010-07-30 09:09

Find it hard to believe

that working flexibly, virtually, or in a high-commitment work environment is a smart business practice?

Research on the benefits of work-life programs in general and flexible work arrangements in particular shows that businesses have much to gain from implementing policies and practices that allow their employees to fit together their work-life puzzles.

The benefits accrue in these areas:

  • attract and recruit talented employees;
  • retain committed workers and build loyalty;
  • engage and motivate them, unleashing their performance;
  • cut costs; and
  • improve financial performance.

How improvement in each of these results from flexible, customized work arrangements is described in each of the studies listed here.

 

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custom-fit workplace blog

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2010-07-31 08:27

The custom-fit workplace blog is part of the MomsRising.org Open, Flexible Work blog. It is a place where workers, managers, educators and Human Resources professionals can share their insights and questions. The views expressed in this blogs aren't necessarily representative of the Custom-FitWorkplace.org initiative or of MomsRising.org policy positions. Interested in blogging? drop us a line

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Fantasy State of the Union

Submitted by Valerie Young on Wed, 2012-01-25 05:00

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog
MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org

My sister Americans:

The state of our union is strong.  Electing women to fully 51% of public offices has ushered in a new era in our great experiment in democracy. Legislators now put the common good ahead of their personal power and individual gain.  We, men and women together, make better policy decisions and make them faster than in any prior administration.  As a result, the cost of government has decreased dramatically and we have more funds available to put to good use in making our country smarter, healthier, more competitive, and happier than ever before.

MomsRising is Live Tweeting the State of the Union. Join Us!

Submitted by Monifa Bandele on Tue, 2012-01-24 05:00

Great news! MomsRising got invited to tweet at the White House during tonight’s State of the Union speech by the President! And I’ll be there representing us. We’ll be keeping our ears open for the issues that matter every day to families, like health care coverage, unemployment insurance, fair pay, paid sick days and paid family leave, child care, the environment and more.

And we need your ears too! Tweet with us @MomsRising in conversation on Twitter starting at 9:00 PM EST tonight.

If you don’t tweet, please join the conversation right here on the blog! Leave your comments under this blogpost during and after the speech. Let us know what you heard and what you think of the speech. We’ll be reading every comment–we want to know what you care about, what you think about the President’s remarks and what our national priorities should be for families in 2012.

Change & Opportunity

Submitted by Valerie Young on Sat, 2012-01-21 05:00

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog
MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org

Mothers have a genius for on-the-spot problem solving.  Sizing up a looming crisis in a nanosecond, we flip through our mental list of optional responses, then implement, discard, and substitute possible solutions until the crisis is resolved and order restored.  Every single day mothers meet multiple opportunities for this kind of “rapid response” engagement head on.  As the days multiply and the children get older, our maternal management skills get honed and polished.   Soon we can anticipate trouble and head it off at the pass with such skill that our “below the radar” scrambling goes all but undetected.  If everyone is happy, productively engaged, and more or less quiet, it’s because we are terrific at what we do.  Mothers have that ability to see just over the horizon, identify threats, and turn the situation around to best advantage.

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