Organizations should consider the following tips before putting together a work/life balance program, according to Ilyse Shapiro, founder of the job search web site MyPartTimePro.com:
- Make sure your organization's culture supports work/life initiatives. "Flexibility" shouldn't be just a catchphrase but a concept embraced throughout the organization.
- Effective work/life balance programs are nondiscriminatory, available to all employees, male or female, with or without children, regardless of income level, job title, exempt/nonexempt status or marital status.
- Career advancement and training opportunities should be offered to those with flexible schedules as well as to those with traditional schedules.
"If your organization is not currently addressing work/life issues, it will soon be losing out, if it isn’t already," Shapiro said in a press release, noting that firms that offer flexible arrangements are better able to retain current employees and attract new ones.
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Not only should flexibility be a part of the culture, but the management team needs to be trained to manage in such an environment. The same rules and methods do not always apply.
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