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Was "The Changing Nature of Work" as Reason to Uncouple Coverage and Employment Mentioned at Health Care Summit? Results...
Last week on the eve of the Health Care Reform Summit, I wondered if the changing nature of work, the real driver underlying the need to reform our currentread more
Taking Bets: Will Real Reason for Health Reform--Uncoupling Work and Coverage--Come Up at Tomorrow's Summit? (Poll)
Leading up to tomorrow's Health Care Summit, I've been trying to follow each political party's public positioning as to why their approach is preferable.
You hear a lot about the current health care reality:
Strategic Flex and the Snowstorm--Will You Be Open for Business Tomorrow?
As we brace for the second wave snowstorm bearing down on the East Coast, I’m remembering an experience I had a few years ago at a major pharmaceutical company widely recognized for their work+life strategy.
Conundrum: One Person's Flex Job is Another's Underemployment
Last week I co-presented a session at the Working Mother Flexibility Leadership Conference entitled, “Flexibility is the Answer When Rightsizing is the Question.” We explained how to use strategic flexibility (e.g. flexible scheduling, reduced schedules, furloughs, compressed workweeks, telecommuting) to manage costs and minimize job cuts in response to a business downturn.
"Up in the Air," Work+Life Fit Allegory for the Era
When I saw the movie, “Up in the Air,” I expected to be entertained but I wasn’t prepared for a powerful, multi-layered allegory about work+life fit.read more
Bookmark It! "Work+Life Fit in 5 Days" Series Wrap-up
(For a video wrap-up, head over to my Work+Life Fit blog)
Thank you for joining me for the "Work+Life Fit in 5 Days" Series here and on my Work+Life Fit blog!
(More Day 4) Creating Your Work+Life Fit Vision--Your Internal Guidance, and My Story
We’re in Day 4 of the “Work+Life Fit in 5 Days” series of how-to basics, and today we’re answering the smallest and yet most difficult question, “What Do You Want?” This is your work+life fit vision.
Success: Advancement and Caregiving--Challenging Work+Life Fit Roadblocks (More Day 2)
On Day 2 of the “Work+Life Fit in 5 Days” series of how-to basics, we’re challenging work+life fit roadblocks. It’s important to know how to see, avoid and challenge the roadblocks related to success, fear, resistance and in-the-box-thinking before you begin the process of creating your work+life fit plan.
"Work+Life Fit in 5 Days" Series--Seeing the Possibilities (Day 1)
(For the kick-off explanation of the “Work+Life in 5 Days” Series, and for the first part of Day 1—What is Work+Life Fit? go to my Work+Life Fit blog)
"Help," "Thank You," and "Reach"--My Three Words for 2010 (What are yours?)
My first post of the year was going to be my predictions for 2010. But prognostication is a tricky business, especially this year when so many variables are in flux. I decided to take another tack and focus on what I could control—my actions. Specifically, what actions in 2010 would achieve the results I wanted to see personally, professionally and culturally? Even more specifically, what three words best embodied those conscious actions?
How to Work with More Meaning...and Get Paid
Why do you work? As we emerge from the rubble of the Great Recession, more people from a variety of sectors and in different stages of life are searching for a more meaningful “why” behind the work they do.
Health Care Reform and Budget Cuts Put Future Elder Care On Your Radar Screen...Now More Than Ever
We spent Thanksgiving with my cousin and her husband, who is moving into the advanced stages of Alzheimer's. Over three days, I watched in awe as she patiently and lovingly cared for her partner of 23 years even though most of the time he didn’t recognize where he was or whom he was with.
"Time as Currency"
“Tough times are the right time to formalize flexible work schedules. Remote work options, staggered hours, reduced schedules and mini-sabbaticals are often seen as work perks for the fat years, one of the first targets of corporate belt-tightening. But as research in my forthcoming book Top Talent: Keeping Performance Up When Business Is Down (Harvard Business Press; October 2009) shows, companies that treat time as currency have tapped into one of the secrets to surviving in a recession” Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Cali Yost Fast Company
- Was "The Changing Nature of Work" as Reason to Uncouple Coverage and Employment Mentioned at Health Care Summit? Results...
- Taking Bets: Will Real Reason for Health Reform--Uncoupling Work and Coverage--Come Up at Tomorrow's Summit? (Poll)
- Strategic Flex and the Snowstorm--Will You Be Open for Business Tomorrow?
- Conundrum: One Person's Flex Job is Another's Underemployment
- "Up in the Air," Work+Life Fit Allegory for the Era
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