Chapter 4: Redesign Toolkit: Principles, Tools & Starting Points
It’s no longer 'mother may I' but thinking of flexibility as a matter of course.
This video offers starting points for redesigning work. These frameworks will enable new thinking about ways to move beyond individual accommodations, to pilot at the team level and create a foundation for success.
Redesign Toolkit: Principles, Tools & Starting Points: Resources
- Seven Things Men Should Do at Work to Help Women Get Even: This article provides concrete tips for how men can be advocates for women in the workplace.
- How to Create a More Inclusive Workplace Culture: This article from Britain's "The Guardian" demonstrates how workplace practices, such as the "old boy's club" mentality, can lead to alienation and inequality for workers who feel like outsiders, and suggests strategies for creating a more inclusive workplace.
- The Chopping Block Paradox: Why Companies Cut Programs They Can't Afford to Lose: Clayman Institute Executive Director Lori Nishiura Mackenzie asserts that during times of financial hardship, companies should avoid the allure of outdated workplace norms that quash innovation.
- Making Time Off Predictable -- and Required: This article describes the numerous benefits of predictable time off, giving employees and managers more control over their schedules.
- The New Sexy: Millennial Egalitarian Men: Joan Williams, Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law, outlines generational changes in work and family, charging women to partner with men who will support their life goals.
- Is the U.S. Falling Behind on Women in the Workplace?: Reporting on recent research about women in the workforce, this article finds that the number of women participating in the workforce in the U.S. has fallen behind that of women in many European countries. However, women in the U.S. are more likely to hold higher-level jobs than their counterparts abroad.
- Question for Your HR Chief: Are We Using Our "People Data" to Create Value?: This article presents talking points to bring to HR representatives when discussing how to use data to generate a talent strategy aligned with results.
Redesign Toolkit: Principles, Tools & Starting Points: References
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Does Diversity Pay? Race, Gender, and the Business Case for Diversity
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Innovative Ideas on How Work-Family Research Can Have More Impact
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Managing the Work-Family Interface to the Benefit of Both Subordinates and Supervisors: Looking Beyond Supervisor Support and Focusing on Leadership Behaviors
Matthews, Russell A., Carrie A. Bulger, Suzanne M. Booth. 2013. "Managing the Work-Family Interface to the Benefit of Both Subordinates and Supervisors: Looking Beyond Supervisor Support and Focusing on Leadership Behaviors." Psychology for Business Success
Toward a Model of Work Redesign for Better Work and Better Life.
Perlow, Leslie A. and Erin L. Kelly. 2014. "Toward a Model of Work Redesign for Better Work and Better Life." Work and Occupations 41(1): 111-134.
Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work
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