Archive for May, 2010

Every day, women in the military are willing to lay down their lives for our country. But when they return home, they often are misunderstood, underutilized and sometimes forgotten. Research reveals that, as a nation, we somehow are missing the mark when it comes to supporting women veterans during a difficult and challenging transition in their lives.

With support from McCormick Foundation, Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation will host Joining Forces for Women Veterans, a national Summit to raise awareness, create an action plan and launch a fund to help support solutions for women veterans who are challenged in their transition to civilian career, family, and community lives. The Summit will build on existing research as well as best practices of successful programs and policies.

“Just as women serving in the military have faced unique challenges, the same is true for returning women veterans,” said David D. Hiller, president and CEO of the McCormick Foundation.“We are proud to join the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation in this effort, giving back to women veterans who have given so much for all of us.”

Women In Military Service for America Memorial

“BPW Foundation’s premise, as supported by our research, is that women veterans are unique and should be considered separately,” says Roslyn Ridgeway, chair of the BPW Foundation Board of Trustees. “The impact of military service on these women as workers, spouses and family caretakers cannot and should not be underestimated.”

The Summit will be held in fall 2010 in Washington, DC. It is scheduled as a full day meeting with approximately 40 to 50 participants, including women veterans, government, community and corporate representatives. The topic areas are employment and careers; family and community re-integration; and homelessness. Public policy will be integrated throughout the program. As a result of the Summit, an ongoing fund will be established to support programs and services for women veterans.

“During the past 10 years, we have learned that their scope of responsibility in the service, along with the skills and talents that make these women great soldiers, has strengthened their value as employees and leaders,” says BPW Foundation CEO, Deborah Frett.

“However, the transition back to civilian life can be difficult and involves challenges that are unique to them as women,” Frett continued.

In addition to assistance from McCormick Foundation, BPW Foundation also will leverage its support base which includes Congressional committee members, Administration officials, coalition partners and key agency officials.

BPW Foundation believes in the power of a united stakeholder voice to recognize and create the systems and programs that focus on women veteran’s success. This Summit is the launch of a multi-year initiative to leverage public and private support to implement solutions.

Today there are more than 1.8 million women veterans in the United States and that number is growing exponentially. These ‘sheroes’ are four times as likely as non-veteran women to be homeless, suffer a more than 7.1 percent rate of unemployment and a divorce rate that is sometimes higher than the national average and leave these women with primary responsibility for caring for children.

“These women return to lead roles within their families, communities and the U.S. workforce. BPW Foundation believes it is our duty to support them,” Ridgeway added.

BPW Foundation is seeking public and private partners to supplement the McCormick Foundation investment and help launch this initiative. To get involved, contact BPW Foundation at womenvetsummit@bpwfoundation.org.

Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation partners to create successful workplaces that practice and embrace diversity, equity and work-life balance. BPW Foundation is a 501(c)(3) research and education organization. Through our groundbreaking research and unique role as a convener of employers and employees, BPW Foundation leads the way in developing and advocating for polices and programs that “work” for both women and businesses. www.bpwfoundation.org

The McCormick Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening our free, democratic society by investing in our children, communities and country. It was established as a charitable trust in 1955, upon the death of Col. Robert R. McCormick, the longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, who believed that philanthropy and service to others strengthens the civic health of our communities. The Foundation is one of the nation’s largest charities, with more than $1 billion in assets. To learn more about the McCormick Foundation visit www.McCormickFoundation.org.

Posted in BPW, Misbehavin' Notification | Tagged: hero, Veterans, women | Leave a Comment »

If You’re Not Outraged, You Should Be

Posted by egehl on May 27, 2010

Today citizens of Louisiana stood in collective prayer and hope that the top kill BP is using to stop the oil spill will work. Regardless of what happens, thousands of gallons of oil has already gushed from the sea floor and enormous damage has occurred. This man-made catastrophe will have long lasting environmental, ecological, health and social impacts on Louisiana and the rest of the nation. We are in the midst of an environmental Katrina.

If you don’t live in or near the Gulf Coast, think this oil spill doesn’t impact you? Think again.

Do you like seafood? Annually commercial fishing in the Gulf of Mexico produces over 1.29 billion pounds of fish and shellfish with a dockside value of over $659 million. Additionally, 3.2 million individuals travel to the Gulf Coast each year to participate in recreational fishing. All of this is at risk of being severely compromised, and aspects of it extinguished for good.

Do you live in Florida or along the Atlantic Coast? Scientists are increasingly worried that spilled oil from the Gulf of Mexico may get sucked into the Gulf Stream and make its way up the Atlantic coast. It is unlikely that any oil would reach shore and spoil beaches, however offshore fishing and sea turtle migration off the coast of Atlantic states would likely suffer.

Do you drive a car? Well, thanks to the Gulf Coast you can put gas in your car. My state is bearing the brunt of having the oil and gas industry dredge near our coastline and pipelines built through our marshes so that we can provide energy to the rest of the country. No doubt as a nation we are overly reliant on oil and that will not stop anytime soon. We will continue drilling off shore but at what cost to our environment and people living along the coast? This disaster will change how we think about energy and our dependency on oil. And spur more thinking and demand around the exploration and use of renewable energy alternatives.

Do you care about animals? We will never know the extent of damage this oil spill has had on our wildlife and thousands of animals both big and small that are vital to our fragile food chain. Already sea turtles, pelicans, dolphins, crabs and many other types of animals have been killed or hurt, and there will be no way to fully know the extent of this disaster because many animals that die will sink to the bottom of the ocean floor.

Do you live in the path of a hurricane? Louisiana marshes and wetlands are vital to stopping continued land loss and protecting the region from increasingly deadly climate related hazards like hurricanes and flooding. The marshes and the ecosystems they support are dying and that will have far reaching impacts. Wetlands serve as an important barrier to hurricanes and weaken storms so they cause less damage in areas of the country north of the Gulf Coast.

Do you appreciate food safety? Communities along the Gulf of Mexico are deeply concerned about the toxicity of dispersants and the potential impacts of both oil and dispersants on families, communities and fisheries. The potential impacts of chronic and acute exposure to seafood and humans remain unknown, while data available to communities is insufficient. Compromised seafood will impact restaurants nationwide.

Do you appreciate culture? Louisiana has an important and unique culture that must be protected. It’s important to our nation’s heritage. Millions travel to the Gulf Coast each year investing more than $100 billion across the region. Visitors come for the pristine beaches, fresh seafood and unique coastal culture that are now all at risk as a result of the oil spill. Across the region, the economic well-being of communities reliant on providing services to maritime and tourism industries are under immediate threat.

Pay attention. Speak up. Donate to one of the many nonprofits doing good work. Volunteer. Share information. Don’t be complacent and think this is some disaster happening far away.

If you would like to get involved please visit one of these resources:

To volunteer: http://www.volunteerlouisiana.gov/

To donate: http://www.gnof.org/gulf-coast-oil-spill-fund/disaster-on-the-gulf-coast//

To see citizen accounts of what’s happening check out this oil crisis map: http://www.labucketbrigade.org/

Posted in Economy, Environment, Families, Rant | Tagged: environmental disaster, green, oil spill | 3 Comments »

National Discussion to Find Solutions for the Federal Budget

Posted by espressodog on May 26, 2010

The rising national debt is the focus of mounting concern in Washington, D.C. and nationwide. AmericaSpeaks : Our Budget, Our Economy is holding a National Town Meeting across the country and online to address this topic.

On June 26, Americans will come together in cities and communities across the country to join an non-partisan discussion about our federal budget.

The nation is going to be making some tough choices in the years ahead in order to ensure that growing debt payments don’t crowd out our national priorities, such as enforcing our civil rights laws, providing paid parental leave, paid sick days, child care and other tools for work-life balance, supporting our women veterans as they transition from active duty to the civilian workforce and job training for women in the growing green economy.

Wouldn’t it be great if pay equity, work-life balance, women veterans, women in the green economy and other BPW Foundation priorities were part of that conversation. Well they can be if you participate! You can even sign up to host your own Community Conversation.

Thousands of people will weigh the options available and voice their priorities in facilitated discussions that are linked from location to location by satellite and webcast. Large Town Meetings are already planned in 19 cities, and anyone can host a Community Conversation locally. See the locations here.

What’s the impact of the National Town Meeting? The White House and Congress will subsequently receive a final report that synthesizes the input from the nation, from this discussion. Our nation’s lawmakers are committed to learning from outcomes of the meeting.

President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform recently met to begin to identify policies to help balance the Federal budget and reign in our national deficit that is projected to grow at an unsustainable rate. As the Washington Post reported, some members of this commission will participate in the AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy National Town Meeting this June.

As concern grows for the U.S. budget deficit and rising national debt, we need your help. Citizen involvement is vital to finding common ground and ensures that policy-makers make decisions that reflect the public’s real priorities. Would you like to help spread word about this unique opportunity to participate in finding common ground about the federal budget?

Get involved at www.usabudgetdiscussion.org.

Posted in Advocacy, Economy | 1 Comment »

Helping Women a World Away

Posted by egehl on May 25, 2010

Yesterday I received information about my new international sister. For four years I have been a sponsor of women living in countries torn apart due to war and conflict. Thus far I have sponsored four women who live in Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

The nonprofit that orchestrates these sponsorships, Women for Women International, organizes programs in eight countries that give women the opportunity to build their social, economic, personal and political power.

Since its creation, Women for Women International has empowered over 250,000 women survivors of war to move toward economic self-sufficiency. They do this by engaging women in a year-long program which includes offering direct aid, rights education, job skills training and small business development.

Each woman engages in a multi-phase process of recovery and rehabilitation. As a result, after going through the program the women feel stronger and more empowered to fulfill their personal and professional goals. Some women will assume leadership positions in their villages, actively participate in the reconstruction of their communities, build civil society, start businesses, train other women and overall serve as role models for other women in their community.

Especially in war torn countries, lifting up women’s voices and empowering their lives will help to establish peace and prosperity in countries facing an inordinate amount of despair. Women hold a lot of power and influence to heal communities because they want the opportunity to contribute to society through their own labor and political participation, will reinvest a much higher portion of their success to their families and communities, and are more prone to increase the likelihood of the next generation, especially daughters, to be healthier and more educated.

During the program the women will learn about women’s rights, allowing them to take greater control over the decisions that govern her life and that of her children. She will also learn technical and business skills that will allow her to sustain an income, and receive emotional support to help her deal with the violence and horrible hardships of war. Once she graduates after the year she will be given access to jobs or tools to start her own business, which is instrumental to a woman’s long-term success.

I decided to become a sponsor because I feel very lucky to have received such privileges as an American woman, and want to help women less fortunate in other parts of the world. As Americans we take for granted the access and opportunities we have that most women internationally could not even begin to dream of.

Each time I receive information about my new sister my heart usually skips a beat. Sponsors are given detailed data about the woman we are supporting including her name, picture, family information, education level, whether she has electricity, what type of dwelling she lives in and what her goals are for joining the program.

All of my sisters have had husbands, multiple children, lived in very basic housing without electricity, have minimal education, lack job skills but each convey a hope for something better. They join the program to build self-esteem, create a better life for their children, have the opportunity to provide for their family and to connect with other women who empathize with their life circumstances.

Their desires are so simple yet crucial for a happy and successful life. However unfortunately they have been denied the ability to strengthen their personal, economic and political power because of the many challenges women face worldwide: poverty, lack of income and education, scarce healthcare, inadequate investments in their well-being, violence and exploitation and outdated customs and traditions in machismo cultures that view women as the unequal gender.

The sister I am now sponsoring lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is three years younger than me, is divorced and has seven children. I can’t imagine the challenges she has faced not only living in a country still reeling from one of the most violent wars in history but having the responsibility of caring for seven children without control over her life, or the ability to earn a living and heal from the emotional and physical wounds that war has inflicted on her and her family.

It feels good to try and make a difference in one woman’s life each year a world away from mine. At the end of the year the organization sends me a copy of the sister’s response to their exit survey to gauge what she has learned in the program and her overall experience. Each survey has shown the woman’s improvement in a whole host of areas including their physical and mental health, contribution to family and community decisions, an increased access to economic opportunities, and better social networks with other women.

I strongly believe that women need to support each other because no matter where we live all women have the same hopes and dreams, and everyone should have the same opportunities to achieve them.

Posted in Diversity, Education, Families, Feminism, girls, Global | Tagged: Women for Women International, women's rights | 1 Comment »

Let Me See Your Papers

Posted by joyinhome on May 22, 2010

Arizona’s recent law got people fired up again about immigration and I am hopeful, have made some people begin to pay attention.

I was moved when I first heard a clip of the seven-year-old telling FLOTUS that her mommy didn’t have any papers…now people are saying that it was staged.

Understand- when people believe that their way of life is being threatened, the underbelly of human nature reveals itself. Unfortunately, I have yet to be surprised at the hatred that bubbles to the surface in our nation.

Posted in Advocacy, Diversity, Economy, Families, girls, Politics, Rant | Tagged: immigration, michelle obama, policy, race | 1 Comment »

A Painful Déjà Vu for the Gulf Coast

Posted by egehl on May 20, 2010

The feeling of déjà vu has permeated my week. I can’t believe it. Are we really at square 1 again? Do we really have another monumental catastrophe on our hands that has economic, social and environmental implications of mass proportion? It’s hard to believe that in just five years our region will have suffered the consequences of two man-made disasters.

One thing I have learned about living in New Orleans is that you have to get used to being on a really big high or a really big low, and nothing in between. Win the Super Bowl for the first time in 40 years, check. Overcome the worst hurricane in the nation’s history, check. Celebrate Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, a unique culture, wonderful music and unparalleled food, check. Elect a new mayor full of promise, check. Face an unimaginable environmental catastrophe with far reaching repercussions for years to come, check.

It feels like we live in a bi-polar perpetual state of disaster with pure joy and euphoria injected in between our manic state of survival and recovery. And I have to say it’s exhausting.

I am not sure if the oil spill and its ramifications had really hit me yet until sitting at an all day policy meeting to talk about our region’s response to oil spill legislation introduced on Capitol Hill. During that meeting I looked around the room and saw the same faces sitting around the same table like we were two years ago still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Here we go again I thought. The beginning of another long journey.

Many of the nonprofit advocates who will be the protagonists yet again in this response have fought tirelessly over the past five years to help people rebuild their lives without much funding, man power or support yet through sheer determination and passion they have successfully been able to solve many problems that government, corporations and even larger nonprofits couldn’t even begin to wrap their brain around.

It’s hard to believe this tireless, yet beleaguered, group of people are right back to ground zero with another daunting challenge on their hands that is impacting our region in every way imaginable—economic, social, environmental, ecological, and health. It doesn’t just destroy the marshes that barely give us protection against hurricanes but also every small business that depends on seafood, tourism and the coastline. It doesn’t just impact the pocket book of fishermen and their families, but also the food and water safety of thousands of consumers.

Over the past five years since Hurricane Katrina many lessons have been learned about disaster response. We have become stronger and savvier when reacting to a hurricane, and have a more intimate knowledge about the people, process and players involved in a recovery. Now while there are uncanny similarities between the 2005 and 2010 disasters, there are also immense differences which are creating an entirely new learning curve.

After the 2005 hurricanes, there were high expectations, large disappointments and vast misinterpretations about what the Stafford Disaster Assistance and Emergency Act was capable of doing. This law by design leaves a lot of discretion to state and local governments to respond to a disaster, which left Gulf Coast communities in the lurch because they needed the manpower of the federal government to deal with a disaster of catastrophic scale.

Ironically today’s disaster is reminiscent of the same challenges we faced in 2005 to implement a full and equitable response because we must yet again deal with a law that lacks specifics, and wasn’t created with a disaster of this size and scope in mind.

Today the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) will be the overarching federal guide on responding to the oil spill, and the law will perform a lot of the assessments regarding the federal government’s response. Unfortunately though like the Stafford Act, the OPA is an obscure scheme that lacks specificity around filing claims especially the more complex ones, receiving payments and loans, and who is eligible to file under the OPA (since the ripple effects of the disaster go far beyond the obvious victims). Yet again a federal law is not equipped to deal with a mass-scale catastrophe and how to address the complicated needs of thousands of people.

While there are legal similarities, there are also significant differences. After the 2005 storms our focus inside the federal government was FEMA, HUD and DHS. Now it’s the Coast Guard, Department of the Interior, EPA and NOAA. The government was liable after the 2005 storms however now a huge corporation, British Petroleum (BP), is responsible for the destructive spill and its entire clean-up. And with a corporation at the center of the mess it changes the dynamics greatly, not to mention creates quite the show of ridiculous finger pointing, evasion of accountability and transparency, and suspicious assessments of the damage.

Bottom line is that the Gulf Coast must deal with another disaster, but navigate an entirely new system, process and players. And that will be exhausting, daunting and frustrating.

While there are several unanswered questions, it is immediately clear that many citizens will need assistance as a result of this catastrophe. However while the strength and resolve of Louisiana is being tested yet again just as we did in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, I have no doubt we will show our resiliency and prove our strength to the world.

Posted in Advocacy, Economy, Families, green, Health, Rant | Tagged: BP, British Petroleum, environmental disaster, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, nonprofits, oil spill | 1 Comment »

Women’s Empowerment

Posted by ywmguest on May 20, 2010

We love our network of…girls, that’s right girls. YWM encourages young girls to misbehave and we must encourage them to do so. Today’s guest blogger is eighth-grader, Nadiyah Peacock.

Women’s empowerment to me is to uplift and encourage the strength and intelligence of women. In order for one woman to empower the next, I believe that several programs such as Peer Mediation for Girls, Women’s Training and Women’s History should be implemented in both our schools and surrounding communities.
A Peer Mediation for Girls Program should be implemented which would allow young ladies to discuss various issues that are affecting them, to get and give advice to their friends and peers. They may feel comfortable and willing to talk to people their age about their problems, teachers, counselors, parents and other adults.

We should have a Women’s History Program to show the achievements that women have made in history. This program would allow women to not only build confidence in themselves, but they would also be educated on the history of women. I believe that this is important because most people fail to acknowledge the history of women especially those of the African American culture.

A Women’s Training Program would teach and enforce class and etiquette among our young ladies and teach them how to carry themselves. I believe that Women’s Training would be beneficial because it would teach us how to grow into ourselves and become more comfortable with who we are.

Nadiyah will be competing with a version of this speech in a contest sponsored by African American Women’s Resource Center.

Posted in BPW, Feminism, girls, Uncategorized, YWM | Tagged: Diversity, equality, gender roles, power, women | 1 Comment »

Feds Try to Increase Number of Women Contractors

Posted by espressodog on May 19, 2010

Women-owned businesses account for some 41% of all privately held firms and are growing at twice the rate of all other firms. Despite this phenomenal growth women-owned businesses continue to face challenges, including limited access to the federal contracting pipeline. Why does this matter? Because, the U.S. government is the world’s largest buyer of products and services. Purchases by military and civilian installations amount to nearly $500 billion a year, and include everything from complex space vehicles to janitorial services. In 2008, women-entrepreneurs benefited from $14.7 billion dollars in Federal contracts but that represents only 3.4% of all government buys. Decades of sex discrimination has inhibited the ability of women-owned businesses to compete equally for federal contracts, but that is about to change.

On March 2, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a Proposed Rule to expand federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses. The Proposed Rule is aimed at leveling the playing field for women-owned small businesses to compete for and win federal contacts, while also achieving the existing statutory goal that 5% of federal contracting dollars go to women-owned small businesses.

BPW Foundation submitted comments in support of the SBA program to set-aside contracts for women owned small business. In April, BPW Foundation surveyed our supporters about the proposed rule. An overwhelming majority (73 percent) of survey respondents support a women-owned small business federal contracting program and 45 percent said they would be taking advantage of such a program. Those surveyed represent over 40 industries, most of which have been identified as one of the 83 industries in which women are underrepresented or substantially underrepresented.

A little history
In 1979, Women-Owned Small Businesses received less than 1% of all federal contracts and that number did not grow beyond 1% over the next decade. In 1988, the Women’s Business Ownership Act was enacted to assist women in starting, managing and growing small businesses. This program has assisted thousands of women in obtaining business financing and information, but it has had less success at increasing the percentage of the total value of all prime contract and subcontract awards going to Women-Owned Small Businesses.

In 2000, Congress attempted to address the difficulties women-owned businesses have endured in competing for federal procurement contracts by authorizing federal contracting officers to restrict competition for federal contracts in certain industries to eligible Women-Owned Small Businesses. The WOSB Federal Contracting Program Proposed Regulations developed in 2001 by the SBA had many problems including identifying only 4 industries in which women-owned small businesses were under-represented and a requirement that each federal agency certify that it had engaged in discrimination against women-owned small businesses in order for the program to apply to contracting by that Agency. Seventy-five percent of the comments opposed some portion of the proposed regulation.

The Obama Administration has chosen to draft a new, comprehensive Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program Regulation, based on the analysis of the prior studies and on all the questions and comments previously received.

How the Proposed Women Owned Small Business Rule Works

A firm must be 51% owned and controlled by one or more women, and primarily managed by one or more women.
The women must be U.S. citizens.
The firm must be “small” in its primary industry in accordance with SBA’s size standards for that industry.
A firm must be in one of 83 industries in which women-owned small businesses are under-represented or substantially under-represented in federal procurement. There are 45 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes in which Women-Owned Small Businesses are underrepresented and 38 NAICS codes in which Women-Owned Small Businesses are substantially underrepresented.
Applies to contracts under $5 million in the case of manufacturing and under $3 million in the case of other contracts.
Each competing concern must be duly certified by a Federal agency, a State government, or an SBA-approved entity as a Women-Owned Small Business, or must certify to the contracting officer and provide adequate documentation that it is a Women-Owned Small Business.
Women-owned small businesses can self-certify as Women Owned Small Business or can be certified by a third party entity. If you self-certify, you must certify your status as a Women-Owned Small Business in the Online Representations and Certifications Application website and submit a core set of eligibility-related documents to an online “document repository” to be maintained by the SBA.

BPW Foundation applauded the Obama Administration for drafting a new, comprehensive Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program regulation, rather than going forward with the ill-conceived previous regulation.

Learn More About Navigating the Federal Contracting Process

Posted in Small Business, Successful Workplaces | Tagged: federal contracting, women entrepeneurs, women owned businesses, women owned small businesses | Leave a Comment »

Misbehavin’ Notification: BPW Foundation Demonstrates Commitment to Successful Workplaces

Posted by sherrysaunders on May 19, 2010

Non-profit Moves to Virtual Office and Results-Only Work Environment

Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation CEO Deborah L. Frett announced today that the organization has taken a major step towards its commitment to successful workplaces by moving to a virtual office and a Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE). “There is the old saying- you need to ‘walk the talk’- and BPW Foundation is doing just that,” Frett said.

“We have been researching the process of going virtual over the last year and have determined that this change will work best for both our employees and the organization as a whole,” Frett continued. “This is just one more step in a process that started more than three years ago: to find the best and most successful business model, so that BPW Foundation can increase programmatic spending, improve productivity and increase employees’ flexibility in managing work and life.”

The virtual office concept is growing. Inc Magazine reported when it conducted its virtual experiment in February 2010 that according to the research company Forrester, 34 million Americans are working from home at least part time.

There are many reasons that businesses are considering virtual or telecommuting options today including decreased rental costs, cutting down on commuting time and costs for employees, the ability to hire from a more geographically diverse talent pool and more satisfied and productive employees. However, BPW Foundation cautions that there is a vast difference between telecommuting and a virtual organization.

“BPW Foundation is chronicling this journey and will be developing promising practices for businesses to move to a virtual environment,” said Roslyn Ridgeway, BPW Foundation Chair. “It is part of our commitment to a successful workplace. Additionally, the operational move to a results only work environment will allow staff to be evaluated on their productivity,” said Ridgeway. “Utilizing ROWE should allow our employees to increase the organization’s performance while managing all the demands in their lives – both personal and work. This is integral to BPW Foundation’s mission.”

As a result of its research on going virtual, the organization recognizes the importance of social interaction. BPW Foundation will maintain two small offices within a flexible office suite in downtown Washington, DC to host social activities, as well as conduct in-person meetings with staff, board members and business and coalition partners. Employees have been provided the necessary equipment and technology in their home offices and the employee handbook has been updated to include the new reality of working at home. The organization has been working with a consultant to help with the transition as the employees and management learn new ways of communicating and working effectively remotely.

Posted in Misbehavin' Notification, Successful Workplaces, Worklife Balance | Tagged: family, ROWE, Successful Workplaces, Virtual Office, work-life, work-life balance, workplace | Leave a Comment »

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