Telecommuting as Affirmation of Positive Leadership

Telecommuting as Affirmation of Positive Leadership
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Mark Harbeke
When I have written before about telecommuting, it has been from the perspective of employee engagement and satisfaction, as well as a productive workplace when it comes to more peak-performance hours worked and lower turnover.

But embracing this core component of helping workers achieve work/life balance has another benefit. I'll let one of our 2010 Top Small Company Workplaces applicants explain it, who shared this feedback after completing his company's official application last week:

All of our competitors still rely on brick and mortar operations, and by paying our staff top dollar and allowing them to be at home, I as the CEO feel good that we really do take care of our staff. When all you hear on the news is that corporations are bad and business is taking advantage of workers, I at least can sleep at night knowing we do good by our staff. And the application really made me realize that.

This, of course, raises another question: Is CEO health linked to employee satisfaction? I'm guessing there's a correlation here, although I'm not aware of any studies that would prove it.

If you think your practices for building trust in the workplace are not only beneficial to your employees in a tough economy, but are having a powerful, lasting impact on your bottom line and competitiveness, you should apply today to be named a Top Small Company Workplace in Inc. Magazine in 2010.