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PRODUCT STORE E-Courses: The Flexible Workplace A Guide for Managers A Guide for Employees A Guide for Managers in a Unionized Environment A Guide for Managers in a Health Care Setting A Guide for Employees in a Health Care Setting E-Courses: The Virtual Workplace A Guide for Managers A Guide for Employees A Guide for Managers in a Health Care Setting A Guide for Employees in a Health Care Setting E-Courses: Workplace Flexibility for Colleges and Universities A Guide for Managers in Colleges and University Settings A Guide for Staff in Colleges and University Settings Introducing Flexibility: A Guide for Human Resource Staff in a College or University E-Courses: Managing the High Performance Workplace Introducing Flexibility: A Guide for Human Resource Staff Managing the High Performance Workplace Tools & Toolkits: Exceptional Caregiving Website Global Work/Life Toolkit Managing Distance Teams Tools Training & Workshop Sessions: Diversity Dialogues Training for Managers Managing Distance Teams Training Flexibility Training for Managers Mentoring Programs: Peer Mentoring Circles for Women Peer Mentoring Circles I for Early Career Employees Peer Mentoring Circles II for Mid-Career Employees Audits & Strategy Sessions: Work/Life Desk Audit Work/Life Strategy Session Child Care Center Audit	THE FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE – A GUIDE FOR MANAGERS IN A UNIONIZED ENVIRONMENT Description Success in a rapidly changing business environment requires organizations to seamlessly weave flexible ways of working into the fabric of the organization; into how work is structured, managed and accomplished. A flexible workplace is one that uses and is supportive of flexible work practices as a strategy to meet the dual agenda - the needs of both business and employees; in other words, a supportive, results-based culture. The Flexible Workplace – A Guide for Managers in a Unionized Environment is an e-Course designed for managers in a unionized organization. A special module entitled, "Flexibility and Unions" includes sections on involving the union, addressing the union's concerns, meeting legal requirements, examples of contract language, and much more. Course Contents The e-Course contains the following topics: Understanding workplace flexibility What is workplace flexibility? Fiction and facts about FWAs What's so important about flexibility? Test your knowledge Becoming a flexible manager The Core Competencies and a self-assessment Two kinds of managers Making jobs measurable Communicating for results Test your knowledge Ensuring success Steps to success Choosing the right person Legal issues Managing the dispersed team Test your knowledge Flexibility and unions Involving the union Address union concerns Meet legal requirements Examples of contract language Steps for negotiating flexibility Flexible benefits Testing your knowledge Managing for success Setting goals Resolving issues Common challenges Maintaining connections Some additional steps to ensure success Test your knowledge Final review Specifications Online e-Courses may be hosted by your organization internally (WFD will provide a downloadable file) or hosted by WFD on a specially customized site. Pricing For more information, pricing, request a temporary log-in, or to schedule a demo, please fill out the form below. A WFD representative will contact you quickly. First name: Last name: Title: Company/Organization: Address 1: Address 2: City: State/Province: ZIP/Postal Code: Country: Phone: Email address:
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