Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 24, 2019

I managed a national top-forty accounting and consulting firm (SS&G). Several of our initiatives set the industry standard for successful firm management. In turn, we adapted our culture to meet their needs — casual dress codes, flextime, healthy lifestyle options, community involvement, challenging work, more defined advancement.

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HR Digest

JULY 6, 2022

How can I formally request my boss that I want to continue working flextime? Having more choice over when you may work during the day can help you create the necessary space to manage the demands of your career, childcare, and online learning. Your manager might be more receptive to your request than they would have been in the past.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Many managers need to stop bribing and start leading. Here’s a summary of the difference between management push and leadership pull: Manipulative Management. Management decides who gets rewarded and recognized for meeting their goals. Good managers often empower. Job sharing? Work from home?

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HR Digest

APRIL 7, 2021

But, you’ll also need to have the option to request that your manager allows you to work remotely so that you can join your family’s annual Thanksgiving dinner. What about flextime? Here are some questions you may consider: How would you describe the company culture? Does the company encourage employees to take vacations?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Flextime programs have never been more popular than they are today. make the case that depending on what the manager attributes the flextime use to, the employee may be either rewarded or penalized. make the case that depending on what the manager attributes the flextime use to, the employee may be either rewarded or penalized.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 17, 2020

I worked with XYZ for three years, and I had the opportunity of working with some of the best managers who taught me a lot about organizational culture and branding. The company is undergoing some massive upheavals, and the management is being overhauled. For example: NEED FLEXTIME. BRING MORE INNOVATION. TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 19, 2013

Gallup also found, in a separate study ( [link] ), that regardless of the number of hours worked, weeks of vacation time or a company''s flextime policy, engaged workers have a higher overall level of well being. The latest findings are consistent with other Right Management workplace polls, noted Morrow. Only 36% said they had not.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Are such “right to request” laws indicators of a rise in flextime? Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated? New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2019

Some examples of this include travel perks, “cherry” projects, flextime, and more. If they are seen, contacting the HR department or an attorney is a smart move. Inconsistent Standards. Are other people in the office or workplace receiving preferential treatment? Goals Change and Progress Disregarded.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I spoke with Lisa Kay Solomon, vice-president of business development for Flexperience, about how organizations can build sustainable talent management strategies through flexible work. So what are some of the best practices around flexible work and flextime? Edited excerpts of our conversation follow: Why is flexibility so important?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Sure, flextime is OK. There’s a big difference in the composition of top management teams when a company has a non-native CEO. Economics & Society Leadership & Managing people Managing yourself' What smart products do people actually want? Do employees like negative feedback? Here’s what leaders are made of.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 15, 2021

With clear-cut planning and by specifying an in-house concept for parental leave, you can provide guidance for HR managers and other responsible leaders. Do you offer a variety of work time models like flextime, part-time, job sharing or remote work? But how can we strengthen employees’ ties to the organization?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

The Families and Work Institute’s 2014 National Study of Employers finds that, compared to six years ago when it conducted the same survey, several numbers have moved in the right direction: Employers have continued to increase their provision of options that allow at least some employees to better manage the times and places in which they work.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

A series of studies from The Boston College Center for Work & Family in the Carroll School of Management looks at how men are integrating work and family responsibilities in the 21st century. And there's a clear message for managers: work-life needs are not gender specific. But what about working fathers?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

And how should leadersmanage this after-hours work? For instance, while more hours worked, less vacation time taken, and less opportunity for flextime generally relate to lower well-being in our studies, that doesnt hold true when workers are engaged in the workplace. But is this a net gain or net drain on our well-being?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

In my work with employers (usually advising on work-family balance for fathers), I sense that many managers believe in giving more employees this kind of flexibility — allowing them to fashion the particular arrangements that work for them while minimizing disruption of the workplace. This is particularly true of knowledge work.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2015

Employers don’t necessarily have to institute formal programs to allow for telecommuting or flextime. Both forms of distraction are within management’s power to reduce. Managers can model such behaviors and stop signaling in various ways that to be a great employee is to be a workaholic.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

Although managers expect their employees to be at their best at all hours of the workday, it’s an unrealistic expectation. Managers who want to maximize their employees’ performance should consider this circadian rhythm when setting assignments, deadlines, and expectations. Leadership & Managing People Book.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Maybe you were contemplating a change in employment policies such as flextime or one in customer-facing processes such as a new billing system. Say you introduce an innovative new customer-relationship-management (CRM) tool for your sales force, and revenue increases by 15%. Change management Human resources Operations'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

a Boston-based firm offering career coaching and management services, says the job market is more active than most people think. You should therefore tell your manager as soon as you're comfortable doing so. If your manager is suspicious, explain that you have a personal issue you need to tend to. When to tell your boss.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

The potential benefits of workplace variability are numerous — increased morale, motivation, and the ability to attract and retain talent — yet many managers don’t know where to start. Even the most employee-oriented managers have concerns about having employees work outside of normal work hours or at places other than the office.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. A Gallup poll showed that, even when workplaces offered benefits such as flextime and work-from-home opportunities, engagement predicted wellbeing above and beyond anything else. Ever had a manager or mentor who took a lot of trouble to help you when he or she did not have to?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

We can’t and probably don’t want to know the details about these teams, but as Solomon points out, if organizations really understood the workplace effects of strong outside relationships, they might be more receptive to policies like flextime and telecommuting that make it easier for employees to spend time with their significant others.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

We can’t and probably don’t want to know the details about these teams, but as Solomon points out, if organizations really understood the workplace effects of strong outside relationships, they might be more receptive to policies like flextime and telecommuting that make it easier for employees to spend time with their significant others.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

We can’t and probably don’t want to know the details about these teams, but as Solomon points out, if organizations really understood the workplace effects of strong outside relationships, they might be more receptive to policies like flextime and telecommuting that make it easier for employees to spend time with their significant others.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2019

The widespread use of flextime and remote work means that your success and productivity in a job will be judged by your results – not where or when you accomplished them. In a general sense, employers will probably not “take care” of people the way they do today.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Nearly half face cuts in salary, and many others are forced to accept reduced management responsibilities and curtailed promotional prospects. Flextime and programmatic help would help ease the burden. Even those lucky enough to find a job face serious penalties in terms of earning power and progression.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2011

Yeah, we hold up half the sky," recently quipped a female senior manager for a multinational pharmaceutical company, "but there are 5,000 years of history dragging us back.". Among the suggestions and solutions aired by conference attendees: Flextime is still relatively unknown in China. Motherhood amplifies the issues.

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