Posts Tagged Virtual-Workplace
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Is Your Organization Prepared to Support Virtual Work?
Whether your virtual teams are in the formation stage or have been operating for a few months – it is critical to ensure that they are set up for success and get off to a good start. Organizations that proactively plan how to structure their virtual teams to set…
April 25, 2012 | in Trends
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Let’s Talk Social Media @ Work
Social media keeps changing. It’s not just Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Orkut, Bebo, Ning, Tumblr, Meetup, and Foursquare anymore. Now there’s Pinterest, Google+, Quora, Imgur, GetGlue, and Letterboxd. Tomorrow there’ll likely be some sparkly new network to drag your friends…
March 14, 2012 | in Trends
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Virtual Collaboration is Not For Everyone
Many organizations have migrated toward telecommuting and virtual work due to rising travel costs, a global customer base, and the dispersion of talent. While numerous organizations have made significant investments in virtual teams and the technology to support them, a surprising number of virtual teams are not successful. OnPoint Consulting…
March 9, 2012 | in Trends
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#NextChat Recap: BYOD - Managing Devices for A Mobile Workforce
Smart phones, mobile sites and business applications continue to impact the way employees use technology at work. Many organizations are shifting away from company-issued devices and adopting BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies, which allow employees to use the mobile technology they’re most familiar with. There's a…
March 8, 2012 | in Trends
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The Age of Digital – Creating a Better Work-Life Balance and Higher Productivity
We are entering a new digital era, an era in which people are connecting with content and with brands through multiple screens – through their PCs, TVs, smartphones, and tablets. 2011 marked an exciting year for the digital media industry and signaled an even more momentous year ahead with…
February 28, 2012 | in Trends
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BYOD or Bust - Managing Devices for a Mobile Workforce
Via smart phones, mobile sites, business applications and more, the consumerization of IT continues to impact the way employees use technology at work. Many organizations are shifting away from company-issued devices and adopting BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies, which allow employees to use the mobile technology they’re…
February 23, 2012 | in Workplace
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Top 10 Workplace Flexibility Blogs Worth Reading
As the workforce grows more complex, businesses and organizations are tapping into new trends and people strategies to recruit and retain the best and brightest talent. With today’s four-generation workforce and the increasing globalization of business, workplace flexibility is an imperative for today’s 21st century workplace.…
February 3, 2012 | in Workplace
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Tools and Training Prepare Managers for Workplace Flexibility
During the past decade, much of work/life research has been dedicated to identifying and measuring the bottom-line benefits of workplace flexibility to an organization and its employees. Unfortunately, far less attention has been paid to the challenges that managers face when integrating flexibility into their work groups. A 2010…
February 1, 2012 | in Workplace
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Employee Use of Social Media: Laws Fail to Keep Pace with Technology
When considering workplace privacy rights in the age of Facebook and Twitter, “we are not walking on paths of concrete, we are walking on paths of shifting sand,” John Quirke, an attorney with Archer & Greiner in Haddonfield, N.J., told attendees March 14, 2011, at a session of the…
January 27, 2012
| in Public Policy
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SHRM Survey Shows HR Has Active Role in Social Media Policies
Social media was clearly among the hottest business topics of 2011, and the results of a survey released on Jan. 12, 2012, by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) shows that human resource professionals have an important role in helping employers deal with this red-hot issue. Approximately 40 percent of randomly selected…
January 25, 2012
| in Workplace
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Former Employees Claim Ownership of Twitter Handles, LinkedIn Connections
Lawsuits over social media are on the rise as employers and former employees wrangle over who owns Twitter handles and followers as well as LinkedIn connections. The law is developing on these questions, according to Eric Meyer, an attorney with Dilworth Paxson LLP in Philadelphia. He recommended that…
January 25, 2012
| in Workforce
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Social Media Policies: Promoting vs. Regulating Use
Fact: most employees occasionally use social media tools at work for personal reasons, anyway. Unsurprisingly, business leaders want guidelines in place for regulating employee use of social media outlets--and protecting against misuse--on personal and company accounts alike. Many 2012 corporate to-do lists include creating an official policy for regulating employees’…
January 24, 2012 | in Workplace
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Social Media in the Workplace Survey Findings
Part three of a series of SHRM survey findings that focused on the use of social media in the workplace, particularly by HR. Part three examines social media platforms utilized by organizations to reach external audiences and build relationships (e.g., current customers, potential customers, and/or potential employee). More…
January 24, 2012
| in Workplace
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Telework as ADA Accommodation on the Rise
Often, working remotely is the simplest accommodation for a host of impairments The use of telework as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has increased in recent years, experts say. It’s unclear, though, how much of the increase was spurred…
December 1, 2011
| in Trends
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Executive Book Club: November 2011
At Motorola, Inc., designers, engineers, and manufacturing experts are linked in a single production function that spans Chicago, Frankfurt, Singapore, and Beijing. This work takes advantage of the most qualified talent in the world and continues literally around the clock. In terms of innovation and accelerated speed-to-market, the old ways…
November 30, 2011 | in Workplace
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Mobile Collaboration: An Interview with Michael Kroth, author of “Managing the Mobile Workforce”
The growth of mobile technology is simply staggering. According to mobiThinking, there are 5.3 billion mobile subscribers (that translates to 77% of the world's population.) By 2014, it's expected that mobile will overtake the PC as the most popular way to access the web. People are using mobile technologies for…
November 28, 2011 | in Workplace
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Telecommuters Working Longer Hours
Is working from home an efficient alternative to the traditional office job or a productivity killer? The results of a CareerBuilder survey on telecommuting might bolster the arguments for both sides. While nearly one in five (17 percent) of Americans who telecommute at least part of the time spend one…
November 25, 2011
| in Workplace
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Today’s Managers Must Be Connectors
By Shirley Davis and Lisa Horn, Co-Project Directors, SHRM’s Workplace Flexibility Initiative The first joint SHRM and Families and Work Institute work-life conference is next week in Washington, D.C. The conference — Work-Life Focus: 2012 and Beyond/Workplace Effectiveness Strategies that Work — promises to…
November 7, 2011 | in Workplace
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U.S. Companies More Open to Remote Work Arrangements
One-third of U.S. chief financial officers (CFOs) say remote work arrangements—such as telecommuting and working from satellite offices—have increased at their companies in the prior three years, according to a survey by staffing services firm Accountemps. The 2011 survey drew on telephone interviews with 1,400 CFOs across…
November 3, 2011
| in Workplace
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No Trust, No Team: Building Trust in a Virtual Setting
OnPoint Consulting’s global study on virtual collaboration found that top performing virtual teams reported higher levels of trust than teams that were less successful, which means that trust is an essential ingredient for virtual team success. Despite the importance of trust to virtual collaboration it can take…
September 28, 2011 | in Workplace
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Successfully Transitioning to a Virtual Organization: Challenges, Impact and Technology
With an emphasis on a solutions-based approach, this article explores key factors of a successful transition to a virtual organization and includes real-life scenarios to illustrate both effective and ineffective approaches, with a focus on leadership styles, the effectiveness of virtual working teams, communication, technology, virtual meetings and management, and…
February 14, 2011
| in Workplace
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Effective Management Is Top Mobile Workforce Concern
Managing remote employees effectively is the biggest concern for U.S. executives who supervise mobile workers, according to a survey by Runzheimer International, a provider of workforce mobility programs including virtual office, telecommuting and relocation services. Employee satisfaction and competitive advantage, along with cost savings, were ranked as the top…
February 14, 2011
| in Workforce
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Survey: Done Right, Telework Ups Productivity, Job Satisfaction
A sound telecommuting strategy increases productivity, job satisfaction and work/life flexibility significantly, according to a recent survey conducted by a global Internet solutions company among its workforce. Conducted in late 2008 with 1,992 employees, Cisco Systems Inc. looked at commuting patterns, technology barriers, environmental impacts, work quality, productivity, employee satisfaction and…
February 7, 2011
| in Workplace
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Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work
Companies spend billions on rent, offices, and office equipment so their employees will have a great place to work. However, when you ask people where they go when they really need to get something done, you'll rarely hear them say it's the office. If you ask, you'll…
February 7, 2011
| in Workplace
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Telework Experts Say Employers Can Manage Sight Unseen
They called it Snowmageddon. In February of 2010, in Washington, D.C., snow fell for nearly a week, crippling the nation’s capital and its surrounding suburbs. Roads were impassable. Schools were closed. Many were snowed in. But work—particularly for some in the federal government—continued uninterrupted;…
January 19, 2011
| in Workplace
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Survey: Telework Ups Productivity, Job Satisfaction
A sound telecommuting strategy increases productivity, job satisfaction and work/life flexibility significantly, according to a recent survey conducted by a global Internet solutions company among its workforce. Conducted in late 2008 with 1,992 employees, Cisco Systems Inc. looked at commuting patterns, technology barriers, environmental impacts, work quality, productivity, employee satisfaction and…
October 19, 2010
| in Workplace
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Successful Telework Programs: The ‘STIR’ Model
By Robin Rodensky, Jan Rybeck, Heather Johnson and Margaret Rollins, ICF International There are dozens of benefits to creating a flexible workplace and supporting telework programs, but this venture is not free from challenges. Below, we present the Strategize, Transform, Implement, Recalibrate (STIR) model developed by ICF…
August 18, 2010
| in Workplace
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At Work in a Virtual World
Summer, 2010 As employers look for ways to boost productivity and keep costs down, many are exploring the potential benefits of virtual working for employees. According to Transitioning to a Virtual Organization, a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) poll report, more than half of the 383 members who responded…
June 18, 2010
| in Workplace
