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Design Groups
Setting
Scope
Broadening Options
Defining
Skill Sets
Monitoring System
Auto-Coaching |
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Collaborative Scheduling™:
Broadening Options
Co Scheduling envisions more ways of working
for more kinds of employees than typical FWA menus.
Narrow options – flextime, job sharing, part-time,
telecommuting, remote work and (sometimes)
compressed schedules – offered to Headquarters and
exempt staff may reach only a fraction of the
workforce. The pressure is building for more choices
for more people – and informal collaboration among
managers and employees on a range of options.
Co Scheduling is based on the assumption that
all flexibility is ultimately a negotiation between
managers and employees to improve the quality of
employee engagement and contribution. Clients can
choose more options aimed at more work settings to
provide guidance to both managers and employees. The
forces pushing to expand flexibility include:
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Millennials,
growing explosively, attach great value to
flexibility as self-scheduling
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Customer-facing
and hourly workers in the millions seek unique
forms of flexibility
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Telecommuters and
remotes represent serious growth and enormous
demand
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Users of informal
flex expand in scope and numbers
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Older workers
in increasing numbers seek to combine work with
gradual retirement
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Chronically Ill
seek better ways to integrate long-term recovery and
work
Some of the possibilities to be considered including
these demographic groups and others are: |
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Offsite cluster
There are many ways to work offsite, including
full-time (remote), part-time (telecommuting),
occasional (informal). As these practices grow, it
is important to define issues of agreements, support
and equipment. The
collaborative skills required for success need to be
strengthened.
Reduced schedules
Reducing schedules and sharing a job are frequently
options which could benefit from greater
clarification and support. A significant
choice within the Co Scheduling framework is
Phased or Partial Retirement for
older workers. The considerable support required for
this approach is part of the Co Scheduling offering.
Customer-facing and hourly
Rather than isolate the bulk of the workforce from
the “approved” options, Co Scheduling captures,
codifies and support a range of innovative options
for this population. Proven options such as shift
swapping and team self-scheduling can be included
along with internally generated choices. |
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