



The ASSESS-STRUCTURE-EVALUATE flexible work model
provides the framework to define a job as a collection of tasks,
and to break free of the old-fashioned “9 to 5” description. It
highlights talent constraints and operational challenges and
views flexibility as a management tool complete with training and
support. Focus is on talent retention and reattachment of high
talent professionals. Management works to determine when
flexibility can be used, what skills are needed and how to pinpoint
face-to-face tasks, reassigning them or redefining them. Guided
evaluation and self evaluation help individual employees find key
attributes of their flexible work solution.
ASSESS
FLEX/ASSESS investigates and develops the business case for
flexible work under the rubric of organizational objectives.
STRUCTURE
FLEX/CONFIG defines the policies and builds the plan to utilize a
flexible work solution.
FLEX/PITCH outlines the proposal an individual employee will
provide to management to support flexible work goals.
EVALUATE
RETURN ON BALANCE is the support and evaluation toolbox for
measuring the results of flexible work policies and practices. It is
the critical success piece of any flexible work solution as it
highlights the fiscal and environmental changes of the
organization's flexibility plan, allowing for continuous improvement
and greater success.
Flexible Work Consulting:
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FLEXIBLE WORK SOLUTIONS
Workshops:
Workshops may be offered at any
time during the
ASSESS-STRUCTURE- EVALUATE
process. For example, they may be
offered to introduce executives to
flexible work, to assess demand for
flexibility, or as part of the roll-out
strategy.
"Companies are utilizing
flexibility to keep on board top
performers who will help them
recover from the recession. 'A
number of employers have
flexibility, they can save jobs,'
Ellen Galinsky, president of the
Families and Work Institute, said
at the [July 2009 hearing of the
congressional Joint Economic
Committee]. Allowing
employees to better integrate
work with other life demands
increases productivity and
retention, according to
Galinsky. 'Being a flexible
employer tends to pay off for
the business,' Galinsky said."
--Workforce Management