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How to Be a Family-Friendly Boss

Harvard Business Review

His career has always been demanding- long hours, lots of travel, ultra-high performance standards (which he always has met or exceeded). With today’s information technology, more and more work can be done in places other than the office and at times outside of traditional business hours.

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Increase Workplace Flexibility and Boost Performance

Harvard Business Review

In fact, this is why most flextime arrangements mandate “core hours” for all employees. Coordination Technology. For example, pharmacists make extensive use of information technology to share work and coordinate patient care (Goldin calls pharmacy “the most egalitarian of professions”).