Telework Employers Employees Society

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TeleworkEmployers EmployeesSociety

• David Fleming
• dfleming_at_cal.net
• www.davidflemingLTD.com

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What Who

• Explore the benefits
• The purpose
• accentuate the positives
• dispel the fears
• Who am I?
• Post-graduate Teleworker
• Telework-evangelist
• Veteran teleworker

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The Agenda

• Casual thoughts about the future of the
  teleworkforce
• About telework FormsFactsFables
• Rationale for telework The benefits
• Success criteria

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About telework

• Defined Tele (at a distance) commute or work
• A tailored arrangement
• Forms
• Home office
• Telecenters
• Neighborhood
• Regional
• Virtually Anywhere

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The Future

• First, the future for telework arrived40
  increase since 1980 20 million work from home
  at lease once a month
• The future is not what it used to be
• The Third Wave While we were out looking for the
  future, it arrived!
• The Teleworkforce is a force! It time to deal
  with it.

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About Telework (continued)

• Fables Facts
• hi-tech,
• costly,
• loss of control,
• poor performance

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Societal Benefits

• Air quality public health
• Energy conservation
• Traffic
• Job opportunities
• Civic opportunities

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Employee Benefits

• Car use (insurance, fuel)
• Clothing
• Food
• Child and elder care
• Quality of life

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Employer Benefits

• Employee effectiveness quality, quantity,
  timeliness
• Decrease sick leave
• Decrease medical costs
• Improve organization effectiveness

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Employer Benefits (continued)

• Decrease turnover
• Attracting skills talents
• Reduce parking needs
• Real estate (office space)

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Success Criteria

• Avoid The hero who leaped onto his horse and
  rode madly off in all
  directions.
• Dos
• Design for success
• Orientations, briefings, workshops
• Executeprototype or full program
• Monitor, evaluate and improve
• Work GREEN Telework