Health Care Reform and Budget Cuts Put Future Elder Care On Your Radar Screen...Now More Than Ever

Cali Yost — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:54:01 -0500

We spent Thanksgiving with my cousin and her husband, who is moving into the advanced stages of Alzheimer's. Over three days, I watched in awe as she patiently and lovingly cared for her partner of 23 years even though most of the time he didn’t recognize where he was or whom he was with.

2009 Encore Opportunity Award Winners...Retirement, Redefined

Cali Yost — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:46:11 -0500

There are four major work+life fit transitions that spark a fundamental rethinking of the way work fits into the rest of life: parenthood, illness, elder care, and retirement. Historically, our response to each of these reset points has been very black and white: I either work full-time, as I am now, or I don't work at all.

Dow 10,000 and 10% Unemployment: A Dangerous Reciprocity That Signals Need for Change

Cali Yost — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:36:45 -0500

Recently, both the Dow and the unemployment rate almost simultaneously broke historical milestones, one good (Dow 10,000) and one bad (unemployment 10%). The lock step ascent of these two metrics has continued since the beginning of the year:

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Get Started Tips to Navigate Post-Recession, Pre-Recovery Flexible Downsizing

Cali Yost — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:19:17 -0400

Last week we heard from Scott Jones, a senior executive who is grappling with how to respond to an uneven recovery in his business. A year ago in the heat of the economic downturn, Jones’ company used organization wide salary cuts and furloughs to reduce operating and labor costs in order to minimize layoffs. Now read more

One Company Decides When to Say "When" in Next Phase of Flexible Downsizing

Cali Yost — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:53:50 -0400

As follow-up to last week’s post, “One Year Later: Next Stage of Flexible Downsizing Post-Recession, Pre-Recovery,” I interviewed Scott Jones*, a senior executive at a national architecture, engineering and construction company (he asked not be identified since many of the issues we discussed are not yet public knowledge within his organization).

One Year Later--Flexible Downsizing and Hard Choices Post-Recession, Pre-Recovery

Cali Yost — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:46:35 -0400

A year ago, the economic downturn was in full gear. As layoffs gained momentum, I loudly promoted a more flexible approach to downsizing as an alternative to knee jerk job cuts. If executed correctly and strategically, compressed workweeks, telecommuting, reduced schedules, furloughs and sabbaticals improve productivity and reduce costs in numerous areas (e.g labor costs, real estate overheads, operating costs), therefore, limiting or avoiding layoffs. Additionally, this very same

Gen Y Entrepreneurs Transform Work, Life, and Business--Interview with Upstarts! Author, Donna Fenn

Cali Yost — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:41:30 -0400

Striking out on your own, either voluntarily or involuntarily, is becoming a more common experience along an increasingly flexible career path. And, it turns out entrepreneurship is especially appealing for members of Generation Y. In her terrific new book, Upstarts – How Gen Y Entrepreneurs Are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success (McGraw/Hill), Donna Fenn says we all need to pay attenti

Employee Health, Wellness-- No Longer Optional Benefit, but Strategic Imperative

Cali Yost — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:22:58 -0400

When you develop and implement work+life flexibility strategies that help businesses operate and individuals manage their work+life fit, you run into many often baffling false beliefs. Since the start of the recession, two of these off-base convictions have stood out as managers and employees struggle to do more with less:

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Cali Yost — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:36:37 -0400

Thank you for all of your smart, insightful comments. I look forward to seeing your faces and hearing your thoughts on all of these issues again...and often!

Welcome to the New Work+Life Flex Normal

Cali Yost — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:44:32 -0400

Last year an economic bomb detonated and laid to waste the rules and institutions that have guided our decisions related to work, life and business for