Comments on: Flexible working hours revisted http://ericbrown.com/flexible-working-hours-redux.htm Technology, Strategy, People and Projects Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Improving Employee Engagement | Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects http://ericbrown.com/flexible-working-hours-redux.htm/comment-page-1#comment-449 Improving Employee Engagement | Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:07:10 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=244#comment-449 [...] a recent posts, I’ve mentioned employee engagement (more on the topic here, here and here)…I’ve had a few emails from readers asking me to give some examples of how [...] [...] a recent posts, I’ve mentioned employee engagement (more on the topic here, here and here)…I’ve had a few emails from readers asking me to give some examples of how [...]

]]> By: A Thought on Employee Engagement | Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects http://ericbrown.com/flexible-working-hours-redux.htm/comment-page-1#comment-448 A Thought on Employee Engagement | Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects Mon, 19 May 2008 18:19:45 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=244#comment-448 [...] of talking about how to engage employees (like I’ve done here and here), I wanted to take a second to address one simple little topic that any organization and/or [...] [...] of talking about how to engage employees (like I’ve done here and here), I wanted to take a second to address one simple little topic that any organization and/or [...]

]]> By: When half an hour is greater than 14.5 hours | Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects http://ericbrown.com/flexible-working-hours-redux.htm/comment-page-1#comment-445 When half an hour is greater than 14.5 hours | Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects Sat, 03 May 2008 17:24:07 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=244#comment-445 [...] His boss, and the company that he had worked for, were a classic example of the ‘old school’ business management mindset: You must be in your chair for 8 hours a day to do your job. This is so wrong…especially with the research studies that are coming out left and right (see this post and this one). [...] [...] His boss, and the company that he had worked for, were a classic example of the ‘old school’ business management mindset: You must be in your chair for 8 hours a day to do your job. This is so wrong…especially with the research studies that are coming out left and right (see this post and this one). [...]

]]> By: Eric D. Brown http://ericbrown.com/flexible-working-hours-redux.htm/comment-page-1#comment-446 Eric D. Brown Sat, 03 May 2008 16:37:35 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=244#comment-446 Thanks for the comment Cali & Jody. The key there is to 'trust your employees'....and the key to that is to hire the right people...which most companies don't do. Think about how much time, energy and money and organization wastes every year monitoring employees time and efforts...how about freeing up the employees to do their job (and possibly falling in love with what they do) and thereby freeing up resources to improve the business? You've got a great blog http://caliandjody.com/blog/...keep up the good work over there! Thanks for the comment Cali & Jody.

The key there is to ‘trust your employees’….and the key to that is to hire the right people…which most companies don’t do. Think about how much time, energy and money and organization wastes every year monitoring employees time and efforts…how about freeing up the employees to do their job (and possibly falling in love with what they do) and thereby freeing up resources to improve the business?

You’ve got a great blog http://caliandjody.com/blog/…keep up the good work over there!

]]> By: Cali and Jody http://ericbrown.com/flexible-working-hours-redux.htm/comment-page-1#comment-447 Cali and Jody Sat, 03 May 2008 00:41:33 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=244#comment-447 Eric - we're with you! When are more companies going to see that trusting employees to do the work vs. monitoring the hallways is a better business decision? It doesn't matter where people are, as long as the work is getting done. Cali and Jody www.caliandjody.com/blog Eric – we’re with you! When are more companies going to see that trusting employees to do the work vs. monitoring the hallways is a better business decision? It doesn’t matter where people are, as long as the work is getting done.

Cali and Jody
http://www.caliandjody.com/blog

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