Achievements

Publications

• Overcoming the Implementation Gap: How 20 Leading Companies are Making Flexibility Work - an in-depth qualitative study of the challenges and successes organizations have had implementing flexible work arrangements (FWAs). The study is designed to get beyond simple lists of programs and policies to provide details as to how to actually implement and sustain FWAs. (Executive Summary)
• Standards of Excellence Index - an index available to organizations that would like to assess their company's success and progress in creating a supportive work environment where work/life policies and core business strategies are aligned. In 2008, we updated the Standards of Excellence survey to include questions on career-life effectiveness and skills of work-life practitioners, and new benchmarks were established.
  
• Research Reports
• Executive Briefing Series
• Partner Profiles
• Additional Resources
• Balance Sheets
• Kanter Award Reports

Meetings

• Fall Member Meeting in Boston (Sept. 09)
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Main Themes: Family Responsibilities Discrimination, Flexibility for Hourly Workers, Managing a Dispersed Workforce, and the Global Work-Life Toolkit
• Spring Member Meeting in Washington, D.C. (May 09)
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Main Themes: Health Care, Employees with Disabilities, Flexibility Initiatives, Paid Leave, and Dependent Care
• Fall Member Meeting in Boston (Oct. 08)
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Main Theme: Fostering Sustainable Organizations from a Holistic Approach
    

Recent Teleconferences

• The Dilemma of Coaching Employees with Work-Life Challenges (Oct. 09) - Presentated by Dr. Steven Poelamans, Associate Professor, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, and Academic Director, International Center of Work and Family
• Open Forum (Aug. 09) - Topics Discussed Include Managing Virtual Workers, the Costs of Teleworking, and Alternatives to Layoffs.
• Religion in the Workplace (Jun. 09) - Presentation by Dr. Georgette Bennett, President & Founder, Tannenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
• Open Forum (Mar. 09) - Featuring Member Discussions on: Women's Leadership Development, Communication Tools, and Flexibility in Today's Economy
• Creating a Culture of Flexibility (Feb. 09) - Moderated by Paul Rupert, President of Rupert & Co., and Brad Harrington, Executive Director, BC Center for Work & Family
• Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life (Feb. 09) - Presented by Stew Friedman, Ph.D., Practice Professor of Management, Director, Wharton Work/Life Integration Project, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• Open Forum (Jan. 09) - Featuring Member Discussions on: the Economy, Flexibility, and Social Networking 
• Year in Review Teleconference Featuring Bristol-Myers Squibb and Chubb & Son Insurance (Dec. 08) - Presented by Stacey Gibson, HR Policy, Work/Life and Employee Relations, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Julie LaSaracina, Employee Relations Specialist, Chubb & Son Insurance
• Effective Social Networking in a Virtual Environment: Leading in a Connected World (Nov. 08) - Presented by Rob Cross, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce
• Results Only Work Environment: On-going Assessment of Best Buy's Flexibility Innovation (Sept. 08) - Presented by Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota
• Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy (Jun. 08) - Presented by Peter Meiksins, Professor of Sociology, Cleveland State University
• Open Forum (Apr. 08) - Featuring Member Discussions on: Current Work-Life Articles/Studies/Blogs; Take Our Children to Work Day; Summer/Employee Events; Work-Life Needs Assessment and Engagement Surveys; and National Backup Care Program