Create a Flexible Work Environment

Source: ConvergenceCoaching 

The following includes excerpts, reproduced with permission, from a blog entry by Jennifer Wilson.

We're at the height of our spring travel season, planning with firms, coaching future leaders, and exploring new ideas with audiences. What a blessed life we lead!

Thank God for our completely virtual, completely flexible model, because while we're working our heads off, we're also managing to fit in a lot of great family time, too. For my family, that means transition time — with my youngest headed to middle school and my oldest graduating high school, I've been working hard not to miss any of the “good stuff” this spring while also staying on top of my work. “Having it all” is a mantra for most of us who work flexibly.

That's why I'm super excited about this spring's newsletter topic — Anytime, Anywhere Work and the U.S. movement toward truly unfettered flexibility. We have seen some awesome progress in firms moving to more flexible cultures and expanding flex benefits. We are hoping this newsletter will inspire your firm to do the same. In Leadership Lessons, we'll explore the long list of possible flex program options so you can identify those you haven't tackled and consider implementing a new option this year. In our Practice Perspectives article, we'll look more closely at a newly emerging flex initiative “Unlimited Paid Time Off” — a seemingly scary, but very attractive, option that we're seeing progressive firms make happen.

Flexibility is no longer a nice-to-have option in the war for talent. Please don't let yourself or your firm off the hook. Further your flexibility programs this year. And let us know how we can help. We're living it!

For the complete blog entry, read “Retain Your People With Anytime, Anywhere Work.” 

From ConvergenceCoaching, LLC Inspired Ideas, “Coaching Concepts,” Spring 2016, convergencecoaching.com.