It takes more than just policies to make a workplace truly flexible. The whole office culture has to change. So — read this paragraph, and guess what happened to office culture and productivity in this workplace:
“Workers in the experimental group were told they could work wherever, and whenever, they chose so long as projects were completed on time and goals were met; the new emphasis would be on results rather than on the number of hours spent in the office. Managers were trained to be supportive of their employees’ personal issues and were formally encouraged to open up about their own priorities outside work — an ill parent, or a child wanting her mom to watch her soccer games. Managers were given iPods that buzzed twice a day to remind them to think about the various ways they could support their employees as they managed their jobs and home lives.”
Find out what happened in the New York Times Magazine »
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