Here’s an office trend I’m not completely buying into: shared, collaborative workspaces. I get the upside to it, and I agree with the general … Read more
Helping Hourly Workers Start to Get in on the Flex-Work Trend
Call this the other end of the spectrum from the recent TLNT story about how some brain-dead and backward companies were punishing employees for utilizing … Read more
Survey: Employees Sometimes Get Penalized For Using Work-Life Programs
Think employee engagement is important? Believe that work-life issues and the flexible workplace matters? Well, then this latest global research from the … Read more
Utah’s 4-Day Work Week: A Smart Experiment That Deserved a Better Chance
I love the four-day work week. My wife works one for most of the year and it, in combination with my ability to work anywhere with a reasonable Internet … Read more
Survey: Workers Frequently Call in Sick When They Aren’t Sick at All
Just about every manager and HR pro on the planet knows that many employees who call in for work sick aren’t really sick at all. Back when I was a … Read more
Savings From Remote Work: One State Could Save $1.5 Billion a Year
When it comes to telework and remote working arrangements, one of the toughest things to get your hands around is how much money doing it actually saves. … Read more
Managing a Virtual Workforce: How to Cope With This Growing Trend
We here at TLNT might be a bit more curious about virtual workforces than most because that’s what we operate under every day. We’ve mastered … Read more
Study: Companies Have Opportunities As Workers Flock to Free Agency
The number of “free agent” workers has nearly exploded in the last three years, and now 44 percent of working Americans describe themselves … Read more
Extreme Commutes May Be Bad, But Is There a Reasonable Alternative?
I was sitting in traffic on the I-5 south of Portland where I was going on Hour Two of not moving more than a half a mile. I pulled onto the shoulder and … Read more
Fostering Collaboration When You Have a Remote and Mobile Workforce
Much has been written about today’s increasingly mobile workforce. The popularity of smart phones, laptops and tablets within the business world means … Read more