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Events Our October, 2008 event, "The Next Generation of Work Flexibility", took place at UC Irvine. The conference featured a panel of experts discussing flexibility in the workplace for professional mothers and employers looking to attract and retain highly skilled talent. The panel featured perspectives from Deloitte, CultureRX & ROWE (Results Only Work Environment), an Organizational Behavior professor from UC Irvine's Merage School of Management and others. The video below includes highlights from the panel discussion: Next Generation of Work Flexibility Highlights: | | Panelists: Marissa Plume: Member of CultureRX Team and strong advocate of the Results Only Work Environment | | Barbara Adachi: National Managing Principal, Initiative for the Retention & Advancement of Women, Deloitte LLP | Kim Shepherd: CEO of Decision Toolbox | | Dr. Judy Rosener, Ph. D.: Professor Emerita UC Irvine: The Merage School of Business | Catherine Clifford: Founder YourOnRamp | |
Moderators: Sally Thornton: Co-Founder Flexperience Theresa Walker: Editor for OCMoms.com and The Mom Blog, OC Register |
The resounding theme from our panelists was that the following cultural changes need to be made so flexibility can thrive in today's workforce: - Transparency, especially by the executives within companies, when notifying people why you will not be available
- Transfer control over schedules and location to the employee
- Focus on results
Once transparent behavior is modeled by management, the stigma that tends to accompany flexibility in the workplace will disappear. What will remain is a more results-focused, happier workforce that is empowered to find their own personal work/life balance. | |
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