Best Companies for Women in Resources for Work/Life Support
A conundrum of flexwork is that it can quickly become uncoupled from the core purpose of greater productivity linked to greater trust and personal responsibility. This dynamic has doomed flexwork at some companies, but NBC Universal shows how to do it right.
Its structured approach to flexwork reflects current best thinking, which is to frame such arrangements in terms of greater productivity and client responsiveness. NBC Universal has adapted GE’s vaunted internal resources to reflect its own culture. By welding flexwork to productivity and linking progress in both to management accountability, NBC Universal ensures that programs are available and useful
to as many employees as possible.