Posts Tagged employees
Wall Street Journal: The End of Management
Wall Street Journal: The End of Management
Can the 20th-century corporation evolve into this new, 21st-century organization? It won’t be easy. The “innovator’s dilemma” applies to management, as well as technology. But the time has come to find out. The old methods won’t last much longer.
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
Posted by admin in employees, home office, remote work on August 24th, 2010
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
We all know that successful remote work takes more than a good playlist. It requires discipline, the kind that keeps you at your desk when no one will know if you’re not there. The kind of discipline that keeps the television off and your brain switched on…
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
Posted by admin in employees, home office, remote work on August 24th, 2010
Businessweek: Seven Paths to Discipline for Remote Workers
We all know that successful remote work takes more than a good playlist. It requires discipline, the kind that keeps you at your desk when no one will know if you’re not there. The kind of discipline that keeps the television off and your brain switched on…
Web Worker Daily: Opportunities in the Web Work Revolution
Web Worker Daily: Opportunities in the Web Work Revolution
The web work revolution is changing the way people are employed and how employees think about employers: An increasing number of people are working as freelancers, and employees are switching jobs far more rapidly than they have in the past. How, then, do we migrate the established “rules of work” to this new scenario?
Human Resource Executive: Anytime, Anywhere
Posted by admin in employees, remote work, workplace on August 3rd, 2010
Human Resource Executive: Anytime, Anywhere
As long as employees get their jobs done, when and where they do that is irrelevant. Want to work from home today? Sure. Want to conduct a meeting at your favorite coffee shop instead of a stuffy conference room? Go right ahead. Are you more of a night owl who prefers to work at 1 a.m.? Nobody’s stopping you.
Harvard Business Review: The Hireless Recovery
Posted by admin in cost-cutting, employees, relevance on July 27th, 2010
Harvard Business Review: The Hireless Recovery
Executives and entrepreneurs aren’t asking “Who should we hire?” They’re asking, “Why should we hire?” World-class firms are still looking for world-class people. But when world-class people aren’t what’s needed, world-class firms will consider world-class alternatives. Most people looking for a job today aren’t competing against each other. They’re competing against alternative ways to getting that job done.
Hartford Business: Perks Are Down But Workplace Flexibility Is On Rise
Posted by admin in cost-cutting, employees, workplace on July 20th, 2010
Hartford Business: Perks Are Down But Workplace Flexibility Is On Rise
Under a flextime benefit, employees can schedule their hours outside the standard nine-to-five workday, such as arriving and leaving work early, clocking four 10-hour days or taking two days off during the week in exchange for working weekends. Nearly one-half of the companies surveyed offer flextime, which allows employees to select their work hours within limits established by the employer, according to the society’s study.
Washington Post (blog): Rethinking the workplace in the 21st century
Posted by admin in home office, telework, workplace on July 14th, 2010
Washington Post (blog): Rethinking the workplace in the 21st century
Sometimes the sign of good leadership is an ability to see challenges as opportunities rather than roadblocks to success. Case in point: telework. It can be tempting as a manager to assume that workers who are not present are not productive. One agency head recently told one of my colleagues: “People come to the office and do nothing. I want those kinds of employees inconvenienced by having to come into the office. I don’t want them working in the comfort of their homes.”
Harvard Business Review: Leading Virtual Teams to Real Results
Posted by admin in collaboration, employees, virtual workforce on July 6th, 2010
Harvard Business Review: Leading Virtual Teams to Real Results
The reality of virtual leadership is apparent. Teams are increasingly spread across space and time, providing the benefit of obtaining talent anywhere in the world and allowing 24-7 work progression. However, virtual workers can feel a sense of isolation, and building bonded teams becomes more difficult when there are few opportunities to meet face-to-face.
The Times of India: Working-from-home and flexi-time increases efficiency
Posted by admin in employees, home office, workshifting on June 8th, 2010
The Times of India: Working-from-home and flexi-time increases efficiency
Researchers from Brigham Young University analyzed data from 24,436 IBM employees in 75 countries, identifying the point at which 25 percent of employees reported that work interfered with personal and family life. Given a flexible routine and an option to telecommute, they could clock in 57 hours per week, as against 38 hours in a regular schedule. “Telecommuting is really only beneficial for reducing work-life conflict when it is accompanied by flextime,” said lead study author E. Jeffrey Hill, a professor in BYU’s School of Family Life.