Comments on: How Can We Increase the Number of Women on Corporate Boards? https://www.womenonbusiness.com/how-can-we-increase-the-number-of-women-on-corporate-boards/ Business Women Expertise, Tips, Advice and More to Build Winning Careers and Brands Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Susan Gunelius https://www.womenonbusiness.com/how-can-we-increase-the-number-of-women-on-corporate-boards/#comment-11006 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:56:27 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=38892#comment-11006 In reply to Alex Dail.

That’s a good question, Alex. There have been many studies that have found positive effects on businesses that offer flex time. For example, research has found that employees typically work more hours, take less sick time, and are more productive when they have flexible schedules. Of course, there are some jobs that require employees to be in a certain place at a certain time, but there are also many that could be done at different times of the day and from anywhere. Here are a couple of links that offer some helpful information:

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2010/06/04/flex-time-workers-add-two-days-their-workweek
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505125_162-48441283/the-benefits-of-flextime-to-employers/

And here are a couple of PDFs of useful research reports:

World at Work Survey of Workplace Flexibility

Georgetown University Workplace Flexibility Fact Sheet

And of course, for every positive report related to workplace flexibility, I’m sure you could find a report claiming that workplace flexibility is a mistake. It’s a debate that won’t go away in the near future.

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By: Alex Dail https://www.womenonbusiness.com/how-can-we-increase-the-number-of-women-on-corporate-boards/#comment-11005 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:58:12 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=38892#comment-11005 “They must move away from office time towards flexible working hours and focus on results.”

Here’s my questions regarding the above statement:
Can businesses project a return on profits from taking this action?
What is the evidence that moving towards flexible work hours sufficiently increases the talent pool and the cost of making the changes justifies the investment?

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