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How easy is it to set boundaries for health needs in your workplace?
How easy is it to set boundaries for health needs in your workplace?
By Leslie Forde
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It's Time to Leave the Productivity Prison
It's Time to Leave the Productivity Prison
By Leslie Forde
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Sorry, Your Employees Can’t be On Call Anymore
Sorry, Your Employees Can’t be On Call Anymore
By Leslie Forde
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How can you manage scheduling requests for working parents?
When organizations force people to choose, between their work and their identities as caregivers, or the immediate needs of their families, the employer won't win. So, approaching flexible scheduling requests from parents, with thoughtful, empathetic and inclusive policies, benefits everyone.
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How can you manage scheduling requests for working parents?
Consider a holistic impact to business needs, including how honoring employees' needs for scheduling flexibility, impacts their loyalty, engagement and overall tenure with the organization. Employee turnover is not only expensive, but disruptive and often, corrosive to overall morale. So, if you can honor your employees needs to integrate caregiving and family responsibilities with their work, there is often a positive ripple effect across the organization. Because others will realize they can also navigate the unpredictability of work, life and caregiving, with greater confidence and less stress, by having support from their employer.
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How can you manage scheduling requests for working parents?
Consistency in how organizations approach and communicate requests from parents is key to creating trust and psychological safety. Many organizations leave scheduling requests to the "manager's discretion" but that can translate into uncertainty for employees and missed opportunities for organizations to demonstrate commitment to wellbeing and flexibility in a tangible way. Consider whether requests to adjust schedules are temporary, for example, when an employee is returning to work from parental leave they will likely benefit from returning to their schedule gradually. Versus a more permanent change, like when an employee plans to relocate to another time zone or wants to be available to their children after school.
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How can you use benefits to negotiate a better parental leave policy?
Although many employers will accommodate individual needs, there's often strength in numbers when trying to negotiate or change a policy like parental leave. I've spoken to parents who have done this successfully within a group. Either through their parent Employee (or Business) Resource Group or with a committed team and strong executive sponsorship. The business case should include some financial estimates: i.e., estimated value of improved retention. It often costs 1/3 or more of a salary to replace an employee who doesn't return from leave. More effective recruitment, including women into leadership. And productivity gains when employees return with more rest, bonding time with their child(ren) and time to secure childcare.
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If you are a people leader, and haven't read the new advisory report, from Dr. Vivek Murty, the U.S. Surgeon General, I'll summarize it. It…
If you are a people leader, and haven't read the new advisory report, from Dr. Vivek Murty, the U.S. Surgeon General, I'll summarize it. It…
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Inside the Private Conversations Employees Are Having About Work
Directorship Boardroom Intelligence
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Media Literacy's Link to Speaking & Listening Skills
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's The Spark
Part two from interview with media literacy expert and HMH thought leader Erik Palmer.
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Is the Mental Load Affecting Your Career? Why the Invisible To-Do List Matters to Working Moms
Thrive Global
The mental load is damaging the relationship to career for 62% of over 200 surveyed Moms*. Many feel distracted, disengaged and hollowed out juggling work demands and everything-household. After fighting for years to establish our professional selves, the double-bind of it all crushes the spirit and pulls the same precious energy needed to problem solve and innovate. Essential skills to thrive in most careers.
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Teaching Media Literacy In the Era of Fake News
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's The Spark
“Fake News” remains a hot topic underscoring media literacy as an essential part of civic understanding. In celebration of Media Literacy Week, Erik Palmer, media literacy expert and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thought leader, shared his perspective after 20 years of teaching the topic in classrooms and to educators.
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How & Why Mom's Prioritize Their Time
MomsHierarchyofNeeds.com
Sharing research from a series of surveys to better understand how moms manage their priorities, while staying engaged in their careers and interests.
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Should Kids Be Allowed In Nice Restaurants?
Care.com Blog
Personal observation about the benefits of fine dining with children.
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