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Why Parents Aren’t Honest In The Workplace And What Can Be Done To Fix It

In most American workplaces, parents might trade stories about a toddler’s hilarious grammatical error or a pre-teen’s Mensa-level LEGO skills, but when was the last time you heard a coworker admit they missed a meeting to attend a dance recital or failed to hit a deadline because their kid is struggling in school? Talking honestlyContinue reading “Why Parents Aren’t Honest In The Workplace And What Can Be Done To Fix It”

A seemingly counterintuitive business decision helped this company triple its profits

Creating a workplace that supports family life is the right thing to do. But it’s also the right decision economically. These aren’t perks, but investments in people that pay off — financially and in other ways. Prioritizing families has a business benefit — the proof is in the data. Family-affirming policies reduce turnover costs, includingContinue reading “A seemingly counterintuitive business decision helped this company triple its profits”

Rethinking the Work-Life Equation

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 projectsContinue reading “Rethinking the Work-Life Equation”