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Workplace Flexibility: Not Such a Stretch
Grundy Will Human Resources Association
May 26, 2010
61%
81%
20%+
FLEX
what is it?
Flex for salaried, service workers
Flex for hourly and union employees
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
8 to 13(per week)
Productivity
WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF?
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How do we overcome our resistance?
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Performance
Communication
Culture Values and Identity
Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with
their results.George S. Patton
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.
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."
Thank you!For more information about flexible workplaces, visit us:
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Kyra CavanaughPresidentLife Meets [email protected]
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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