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Are You Keeping Up with the Changing Workplace...

… or do you still have most people streaming into the office each morning, making a mass exodus each evening, and repeating this exercise 5 days a week (automatically giving “work ethic brownie points” to those arriving extra early or leaving extra late)?  Did you know that “workplace flexibility” is the top benefit valued by today’s workforce and that employers win BIG (think lower turnover costs, increased productivity, access to unique talent pools, and reduced capital expenditure) by fostering a flexible workplace.  What exactly is a flexible workplace?  Hint: it’s much bigger than flex-time!  A flexible workplace focuses on results and supports many win-win models of work including flex-time, telecommuting, part-time, and job-sharing.

Balancing Professionals offers both advisory services and connecting services to help you capitalize on the changing workplace!

What Can You Learn From Us?

  • We can educate you about the changing workforce and the many benefits of creating a flexible workplace (check out our workshops)
  • We can help you take the human capital temperature of your organization and identify smart work strategies for optimizing your people power (check out our Work Smart Assessment and customized consulting) 

Who Can We Connect You With?

We can connect you to a unique pool of high caliber talent in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area, giving you the opportunity to experience the many benefits of hiring part-time professionals.  Who are our professionals?  They might be...

  • A stay-at-home mom with 10 years of brand management experience who is on-ramping back into the workforce and wants a part-time schedule;
  • A finance executive who would rather work a part-time schedule than retire altogether;
  • An HR manager with 8 years of experience who can no longer fit 60 hour work weeks into her life and is seeking to work 3 days per week;
  • And many more...

Events and News

May 28, 2008 - Join Greater Raleigh NAWBO for their May program - Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation. Following the luncheon, Sara Laschever, author of this book, will present a 3 hour workshop on negotiating. For more information and to register for this event, click here.

September 17, 2008 - Celebrate the working women and family-friendly companies of North Carolina! Carolina Parent's annual Women@Work breakfast will honor the winners of the Family-Friendly 40 award and will feature keynote speaker Pamela Stone, author of the book Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home. Immediately following the breakfast, Balancing Professionals will host a half day workshop, On-Ramping: Strategies for Re-Entering the Workforce. Registration information for these events will be available soon.

From the Archives - Listen to an archived version of the webinar we presented with Better Management - The People Strategy Most Executives Overlook And Why It Matters! by clicking here.