Selling the Business Case for Flex Work: Looking Beyond the Reward

Join the Stegmeier Consulting team on May 1, as we’re joined by Laura Harrell, an HR Business Partner with the Cleveland Clinic, for our educational session at the WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference.

Join our panel of three consultants who specialize in flex work program development and implementation to discuss building the business case for flex work as an effective enterprise-wide strategy and not just a solution or perk to be applied on a case-by-case basis.

The panel approach shares three unique business perspectives (that of workforce performance [Diane Stegmeier], generational issues [Sandy Crocker Hosfeld], and financial implications [Matthew Stegmeier]) for how flex work supports work-life balance; employee wellness; and attracting, inspiring and retaining top talent. The panelists will share their insights on the risks, rewards and best practices of flexible working arrangements.

Laura Harrell, an HR Business Partner at the Cleveland Clinic, will discuss how the leading healthcare provider’s Information Technology Division is embracing flexibly working as a business strategy for talent retention, employee engagement, and physical space constraints.

Focus Level: Strategic/Tactical — 80/20  Audience Level: Intermediate Session Code: W09W2

Register here: http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/philadelphia2013/attendee/registration.jsp

Laura Harrell, HR Business Partner, Cleveland Clinic
Laura Harrell is a Human Resource Business Partner with Cleveland Clinic. As a HRBP she has been instrumental in driving HR initiatives such as performance management, leadership development and employee coaching, talent management, succession planning and organizational structure and design. Laura is providing HR leadership for Cleveland Clinic Information Technology Division’s Connected Workforce initiative, expanding the organization’s Flexible Work Arrangement program into a human resource strategy. Laura has 15 years of progressive HR experience prior to joining the Cleveland Clinic. She received her Bachelors degree from American College.

Laura Harrell, Cleveland Clinic

Diane Stegmeier is founder of Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally-recognized leader in workplace change management. Founded in 2002, the 100 percent woman-owned firm has been engaged by diverse clients around the world to significantly reduce workplace costs while improving workforce productivity. She earned an MBA with a concentration in Leading Organizational Change from Kent State University, graduating in the top five percent of all masters / doctoral students of AACSB accredited business programs nationally. Stegmeier is a member of ACMP Global, the Association of Change Management Professionals.

Sandra Crocker Hosfeld is a senior consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group. As a diversity specialist and workgroup consultant, she has contributed to the success of clients’ change management programs in areas including employee engagement, conflict resolution, and the development and delivery of training on working in a flexible work environment. She has conducted extensive research on diversity and the multi-generational workforce, and is a globally-recognized speaker. She has 26 years experience in the office and workspace solutions industry and 16 years teaching experience. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Psychology, with a Diversity Management Specialization, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.

Matthew Stegmeier, Workplace Change Management Consultant, Stegmeier Consulting Group
Matthew Stegmeier is a consultant in change management with Stegmeier Consulting Group, and has been instrumental in applying the firm’s best practices and proprietary critical influence methodology to clients’ flex work, mobility, shared-space environments and other alternative workplace strategies. His experience prior to joining Stegmeier Consulting Group includes a background in human resource analytics, finance, and intellectual property protection. He is pursuing an MBA in sustainability from Baldwin Wallace College. He completed his undergraduate studies at Miami University. He’s been interviewed about flex work by multiple media outlets including NBC News. Stegmeier is the co-author of the forthcoming book, “CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.”

Want to join us? Register for WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference and head on to our session Wednesday morning. Don’t forget to come out to the book signing (TBD time) and introduce yourself to our team!

One lucky attendee will win a copy of Diane Stegmeier’s award-winning book, Innovations in Office Design: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments™, after the session.

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Managing the Flexible Workforce Survey

Stegmeier Consulting Group’s Latest Research Initiative: Managing the Flexible Workforce Survey

We invite you to participate in Stegmeier Consulting Group’s new workplace research, our Managing the Flexible Workforce Survey.  With today’s changing work environment, more emphasis is being placed on mobility.  How prepared are managers today for dealing with these changes?  How ready is your organization for taking on a flexible working environment?  Will your managers struggle supervising teleworkers and workers in a shared-space, open environment that they many times can’t see?

The goal of our research is to investigate the leadership qualities evident in organizations that have successfully implemented a flexible work program, as well as to assess the biggest stumbling blocks for those considering a move towards flex work.  We are seeking to identify best practices that can be adopted by managers who will need to lead, motivate, and hold accountable individual contributors who they may not see throughout the typical workday.

This survey is not meant to be taken only by HR, CRE, FM, and other employees who may be spearheading (or have previously led) a flexible working initiative, but rather by all layers of an organization.  The segmented results will indicate how individual contributors, managers, and senior executives feel managers are capable of leading and managing a flexible workforce.

Organizations who register with us and have their workforce participate will receive a free executive summary of the aggregate results.

Register your organization: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6LCXP99

Take the survey as an individual: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/managingtheflexibleworkforce

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Ignoring Alternative Workplace Strategies: The Fast Track to 2nd Place

Heading to IFMA World Workplace 2012 this fall (10/31 – 11/2) in San Antonio?  Come see the Stegmeier team present on why you need to consider an AWS for your organization.

Ignoring Alternative Workplace Strategies: The Fast Track to 2nd Place

Despite the documented financial benefits of alternative workplace strategies, some organizations still resist considering such a dramatic change. Smart companies have learned how to leverage flexible shared-space environments and workforce mobility to create a competitive advantage in their industries and geographic regions of operation. AWS initiatives, if implemented appropriately, serve two broad corporate objectives: significantly reduce workplace costs; while substantially improving workforce performance. There is a delicate balance between these two often conflicting objectives that can derail the best of business cases for workplace change.

Panelists for this session are thought leaders who represent three distinct perspectives—financial, generational and workforce performance. The panel will raise a number of current and emerging business issues and discuss the impact of not implementing AWS when addressing these challenges. The session will explore harnessing the advantages of a shared-space environment, leveraging generational differences to strengthen the financial case, and mitigating the business risks of workforce mobility.

If your organization has been skeptical about exploring an alternative workplace strategy, this panel discussion may convince you otherwise and provide you with the ammunition to challenge the status quo.

Diane Stegmeier will be signing copies of her book “Innovations in Office Design: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments” in the Bookstore on Friday, November 2 from 10:15 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.

Learning Objectives:
  • Align the AWS with other organizational changes to develop a more compelling financial case.
  • Identify risks that can make an AWS solution more costly than conventional workplace design.
  • Employ stakeholder issues and concerns to convey a sense of urgency for an AWS initiative.
  • Accelerate the acceptance of workplace change by leveraging generational differences.
  • Friday, November 2, 2012
    8:00 AM-9:00 AM

    Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
    Diane Stegmeier will be signing copies of her book “Innovations in Office Design: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments” in the Bookstore on Friday, November 2 from 10:15 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.

    Speakers:

    Diane Stegmeier, MBA

    Stegmeier Consulting Group

    President & Founder

    Diane Stegmeier is president and founder of Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally recognized leader in workplace change management. She is a member of the advisory board for the Telework Coalition, and the industry advisory board for The Journal of eWorking, published by Merlien Institute in The Netherlands. Stegmeier is best known for her extensive research on resistance to workplace change and her discovery of the 15 Critical Influences™ impacting behavior in the workplace. She is the author of “Innovations in Office Design: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments,” which was ranked the #1 Workplace Strategy Book by Amazon readers. Stegmeier is the recipient IFMA’s Award of Excellence for Distinguished Author of a Book. Stegmeier earned an MBA with a concentration in Leading Organizational Change from Kent State University. She is a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals, an international organization of recognized thought leaders.

    Sandy Crocker Hosfeld

    Stegmeier Consulting Group

    Senior Consultant

    Sandy Crocker Hosfeld is a senior consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group. As a diversity specialist and workgroup consultant, she has contributed to the success of clients’ change management programs in areas including employee engagement, conflict resolution, and the development and delivery of training on working in alternative workplace environments. She has conducted extensive research on diversity and the multigenerational workforce, and is a globally recognized speaker, workshop leader and facilitator on the topics. She has 26 years of experience in the office and workspace solution industry and 16 years of teaching experience. Crocker Hosfeld holds a master’s of arts degree in psychology, with a Diversity Management Specialization, and a bachelor’s of science degree in education.

    Matthew Stegmeier
    Stegmeier Consulting Group

    Consultant

    Matthew Stegmeier is a consultant in change management with Stegmeier Consulting Group, and has been instrumental in applying the firm’s best practices and proprietary critical influence methodology to clients’ mobility, flex work, shared-space environments and other alternative workplace strategies. He is an IFMA Young Professional Member. His experience prior to joining Stegmeier Consulting Group includes a background in finance, human resource analytics and intellectual property protection. He is pursuing an MBA in sustainability from Baldwin Wallace College. He completed his undergraduate studies at Miami University. Stegmeier is the co-author of the forthcoming book, “CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.”

    Want to join us? Register for World Workplace 2012 and head on to our session Friday morning. Don’t forget to come out to the book signing (at 10:15 after our session) and introduce yourself to our team!

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    Unlimited Vacation, Flexwork, & Telework: Radio Interview with Voice of Russia

    Imagine having unlimited vacation time from work. It’s a reality that several companies have implemented as an employment perk, but what exactly are the benefits for the employees and employers?

    Voice of Russia Radio host Jessica Jordan spoke with Matthew Stegmeier, a consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group, whose expertise focuses on workplace change management, to discuss this workplace practice.

    Listen in to the Making Cents segment, below, as the organizational risks and benefits surrounding unlimited vacation policies, flexwork, and telework are analyzed.  Learn how these and other alternative workplace arrangements affect the people that make up your company’s workforce and hear about how your organization can benefit from these increasingly-used corporate strategies.

    Listen to the .mp3 file here:  Unlimited Vacation Policies – Matthew Stegmeier on Voice of Russia Radio or find the interview on Voice of Russia’s site (our .mp3 file starts from the beginning of the interview, but on their site you’ll need to skip 5 minutes ahead).

    You may also be interested in reading our interview in a recent MSNBC article, Unlimited Vacation – Is it a Gimmick?.

    Offering your workforce real work-life balance will cut down on your staff getting burned out and an organizational culture that truly values the employee does not go unnoticed. If you’re thinking about making some changes to your corporate culture or if unlimited vacation or flexwork sounds like something that is needed in your organization, please let us know. Companies around the globe have sought Stegmeier Consulting Group’s expertise in implementing workplace strategies to increase employee productivity, reduce workplace costs, and improve corporate cultures.

    Contact us: http://www.stegmeierconsulting.com/contact.html

    Matthew Stegmeier is a Consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally-recognized leader in workplace change management known for helping organizations effectively implement telework programs and other alternative workplace strategies.

    He has been instrumental in applying the firm’s best practices and proprietary Critical Influence methodology to clients’ mobility, flex work, shared-space environments, and other alternative workplace strategies. Matthew Stegmeier is a graduate of Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business and co-author of the forthcoming book, CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.

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    Best Practices in Corporate Culture from Google

    How new CEO Marissa Mayer is using best practices from Google to improve Yahoo’s corporate culture

    ‘Best practices’ is a term consultants love to throw around.  Observe what works well and implement it in your organization.  Seems simple enough.  How often, though, do attempts to incorporate lessons learned from industry actually pan out?  So often, an energized stakeholder will champion a cause, only to have it never gain traction internally.  “That won’t work here.”  “No way the CEO would approve that!”

    Sometimes a good idea never gets off the ground because of a stubborn internal view of “this is how we’ve always done it.”  Other times, an initiative will lack the full backing of the C-suite and the teeth to go with it.  Even then, attempts at incorporating best practices can still go awry due to poor change management planning and implementation.

    So, you’ve got a great idea, but how do you drive real change to your organization?

    • Explain the business rationale.  Why does this idea make sense for us to incorporate?
    • Connect the dots.  Get your team on the same page.
    • Prepare for change.  Do you know how this will affect different levels of the organization?
    • Communicate the change.  Articulate the why to those affected, along with the how.
    • Know where to find help.  No matter how good your idea may be, it is just the nature of some organizations to reject internal change; be prepared to bring in an expert who can lend some credence to your efforts.

    Let’s go to Yahoo! for a specific example.  The tech giant seemed to install a new CEO every time you blinked.  Its reputation in the industry was far from sterling, in fact, potential employees were avoiding Yahoo! like the plague.  Then the board of directors brought in a new CEO from Google.  A pregnant CEO.  Though the move only recently happened, Marissa Mayer is already making waves at Yahoo! and things seem to be on the upturn. So what does all this mean?  And what does the fact that she is pregnant have to do with anything?

    I was asked about just that for a piece in CareerBliss: Marissa Mayer Using Google Charm to Improve Yahoo Culture Hiring a pregnant CEO can be seen as a stroke of genius by Yahoo!.  By simply doing that, they’ve greatly improved their standing as an organization that values family and encourages its employees to find a good work-life balance.  Regardless of the fact that she will be working throughout her pregnancy, there is still an improved perception of the company, which should help Yahoo! take a step in the right direction regarding talent acquisition.

    Whether your great idea is in its formative stage or if you’re deep in the muck of the implementation, Stegmeier Consulting Group can help.  We can help you achieve your vision as we offer services to assist with the following:

    • Presenting the business case
    • Executive education/development
    • Change management planning
    • Change management implementation
    • Live, facilitated training
    • Development of communications materials
    • Help with middle managers

    We specialize in workplace initiatives and are recognized globally as thought leaders on the following subjects:

    • Work-life balance
    • Talent attraction
    • Talent retention
    • A multi-generational workforce
    • Flexwork
    • Telework
    • Mobile workers
    • Work from home programs
    • Alternative workplace strategies

    Contact us today, and let’s talk about how we can help fuel your organization’s success.

    Matthew Stegmeier is a Consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally-recognized leader in workplace change management known for helping organizations effectively implement telework programs and other alternative workplace strategies.

    He has been instrumental in applying the firm’s best practices and proprietary Critical Influence methodology to clients’ mobility, flex work, shared-space environments, and other alternative workplace strategies. Matthew Stegmeier is a graduate of Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business and co-author of the forthcoming book, CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.

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    Tips from the Consultants – Crafting Perfect Communications for Change Management Initiatives

    Effective communication is essential to a successful change management initiative in the workplace, but how exactly should you go about apprising stakeholders in different levels of the organization of all that is happening (and how it will affect them!)?  The International Association of Business Communicators approached our firm last month looking for someone to write an article for their CW Bulletin issue on the digital workforce.

    As a consultant for a firm that specializes in change management specifically for the workplace, one of my favorite parts about my job is getting to develop the change management communications pieces for our clients, filling in their workforce on all the exciting things happening with their workplace initiatives and educating and reassuring them that the changes are in fact good, in spite of the negative reaction some employees and managers may initially have.

    As such, I was very eager to contribute to their issue and offer what I hope you’ll feel are some salient tips on crafting perfect communications for your change management initiatives.

    Should your organization choose to handle the development of the change management communications for your project in house, there are still a variety of ways that Stegmeier Consulting Group can help your leadership team with the initiative, allowing your team to shine throughout the organization.

    SCG’s expertise in helping organizations overcome resistance to changes in the workplace has been sought by clients around the globe. We can help with:

    • Building and presenting the business case for essential changes
    • Educating leadership on the why and the how
    • Risk mitigation
    • Mobility assessment/preparedness
    • Pre-change surveys to establish baseline metrics, post-change surveys to gauge on-going concerns
    • Live or remote training for both timekeepers and staff, employees and managers
    • Interactive e-learning video solutions, branded with your firm’s logo, initiative, and green-screened with your physical work environment
    • Supplemental help with change communications pieces and strategy
    • On-going, remote consultation

    Read the article in August’s IABC CW Bulletin:  Embracing Mobility: Using the digital workplace to reduce costs and improve workforce performance

    We’d love to hear about the exciting changes you have planned for your workforce.  Get in touch with us today and let’s discuss how we can contribute to your success.

    Matthew Stegmeier is a Consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally-recognized leader in workplace change management known for helping organizations effectively implement telework programs and other alternative workplace strategies.

    He has been instrumental in applying the firm’s best practices and proprietary Critical Influence methodology to clients’ mobility, flex work, shared-space environments, and other alternative workplace strategies. Matthew Stegmeier is a graduate of Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business and co-author of the forthcoming book, CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.

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    Latest Work Perk – Unlimited Vacation – Is It a Gimmick?

    The latest work perk: unlimited vacation time.  Is it a gimmick?

    Our expertise was sought recently for an NBC News web piece about companies offering their workforce unlimited vacation.  It is an interesting concept, and not one that many organizations have tried.  While it is a great selling tool for recruiting the best talent, this arrangement isn’t right for every company.  The ideal candidate will have a strong organizational culture in which employees know what is expected of them and a culture that places true value on employees’ happiness and well-being outside of work.

    While there are numerous benefits to a ‘free-reign’ vacation structure, such as unburdening HR of tracking PTO, another reason for recruits to join the company, and increased positive buzz (just ask Netflix and Coupa how they like the press from this and other articles), unlimited vacation time is chock full of risks.

    Will employees feel truly free to take as much time as they need, or will there still be inherent pressure to keep their nose to the grindstone?  Will your workforce feel compelled to be “always-on” and compelled to check their smart phone day and night when on vacation?  If executives only takes off a few days a year, middle management will almost certainly follow suit, which will trickle down through the organization.  Any of these cultural issues can easily produce the opposite of the desired effect and you’ll quickly have a workforce on your hands that resents your organization and wouldn’t recommend your company as a great place to work.  And that only covers part of the issue for how your corporate culture affects the likelihood of success.  Don’t forget all of the semantics.

    While this isn’t to say that successfully implementing an unlimited vacation time arrangement is a bad idea or is impossible, it does come with plenty of challenges.  Many organizations who find it an intriguing idea might view flexwork a more reasonable solution. 

    A flexwork program can greatly reduce absenteeism.  Say you have an employee with a plumbing emergency at home.  Instead of faking sick, the employee can wait for the plumber to come and fix the leaky pipe, come in two hours later, and just work two hours past their normal stop time.  It is also great for employees with young kids at home.  If you want to watch junior pick dandelions and polish off some orange segments, go in early to work–you’ll still be able to make that 3 PM soccer game.  You may find some employees would rather work  4 10-hour days as opposed to the standard 5 8-hour days.  With a compressed schedule, workers can be every bit as productive (if not more) while feeling more in control over their personal lives.

    Offering your workforce real work-life balance will cut down on your staff getting burned out and an organizational culture that truly values the employee does not go unnoticed.  If you’re thinking about making some changes to your corporate culture or if unlimited vacation or flexwork sounds like something that is needed in your organization, please let us know.  Companies around the globe have sought Stegmeier Consulting Group’s expertise in implementing workplace strategies to increase employee productivity, reduce workplace costs, and improve corporate cultures.

    Contact us: http://www.stegmeierconsulting.com/contact.html

    Read the article: http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/19/12813563-latest-work-perk-unlimited-vacations

    Matthew Stegmeier is a Consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally-recognized leader in workplace change management known for helping organizations effectively implement telework programs and other alternative workplace strategies.

    He has been instrumental in applying the firm’s best practices and proprietary Critical Influence methodology to clients’ mobility, flex work, shared-space environments, and other alternative workplace strategies. Matthew Stegmeier is a graduate of Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business and co-author of the forthcoming book, CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.

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    A Cool Place to Work: Employee Buy-in & Work-Life Balance

    A Cool Place to Work

    Forward-looking employers find success by maximizing employee buy-in and morale.

    Matthew Stegmeier was recently interviewed about employee buy-in and work-life balance for an article appearing in the August 2012 edition of Research Magazine.

    Like it or not, no workplace initiative is going to be successful without getting the majority of employees on board with the changes, and the truth is, most people have an inherent disinclination towards change.  Employers need to connect with their workforce and help them understand the business rationale for the changes and to help them see the positive side of the shift.

    Furthermore, any workplace initiative is the perfect opportunity to strive towards offering your employees real work-life balance.  Not only is this good for your workforce’s physical and mental health, but it is a key ingredient to your organization’s bottom line.  The fact is, a burned out worker is going to care less about the quality of work they offer and will resent the organization, eventually looking elsewhere for employment.  Attaining a corporate culture that honestly respects employees isn’t always an easy task, but it is essential for talent attraction and retention!

    Is your organization struggling in this area?  We’d love to hear from you as to what your biggest challenges are.  Check out the article and then get in touch with us!  We can help.

    Matthew Stegmeier is a Consultant with Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally-recognized leader in workplace change management known for helping organizations effectively implement telework programs and other alternative workplace strategies.

    He has been instrumental in applying the firm’s best practices and proprietary Critical Influence methodology to clients’ mobility, flex work, shared-space environments, and other alternative workplace strategies. Matthew Stegmeier is a graduate of Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business and co-author of the forthcoming book, CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.

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    Happy Birthday to Us, We’re 10!

    Stegmeier Consulting Group Celebrates Ten Years in Business

    Stegmeier Consulting Group, a globally-recognized thought leader in workplace change management, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. The consultancy specializes in leveraging best practices in managing change to assist organizations in reducing workplace costs while improving workforce productivity. The firm is best known for assisting companies implement new workplace strategies (telework, flex-work, open, collaborative, shared-space and other alternative workspace environment initiatives). SCG offers a broad portfolio of change management services to prepare clients for successful transitions, including change-readiness surveys, business case development, risk mitigation strategy, communications plans, workshops, executive coaching, and more.

    Stegmeier Consulting Group employs its trademarked Critical Influence methodology, examining the client organization using 15 factors that the firm has discovered can impact our ability to successfully accept and adopt workplace change. This proprietary approach is detailed in SCG founder Diane Stegmeier’s book, Innovations in Office Design: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments. The book has been ranked #1 Workplace Strategy Book on Amazon.com and earned an Award of Excellence for Distinguished Author by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA). The book has been adopted as a text by universities on 6 continents around the globe. Learn more at stegmeierconsulting.com.

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    Law Firms Slowly Warming to Non-Traditional Workplaces

    The legal sector, a field with one of the most traditionally conservative workplace cultures, is slowly warming to the idea of right-sizing real estate footprints through eliminating costly private offices and sparsely used law libraries. Telecommuting is also a growing trend among attorneys; according to a recent telework study of 2010 US Census data, lawyers are one of the fastest growing groups of teleworkers.

    The study notes that while the percentage of attorneys telecommuting is up 166%, a mere 2% of lawyers are teleworkers. This speaks greatly to the generally reactionary nature of the legal sector. The physical work environment is also beginning to change. An article appeared in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Law Firms Remodel Offices to Cut Costs, Improve Cooperation, shedding some light on how the tide is slowly turning with law firms embracing alternative workplace solutions. According to Matthew Barlow of Studley, many individual offices have shrunk by up to 25%, while some firms have done away with corner offices completely, instead transforming the areas into meeting spaces. In Holland & Knight’s Washington office, for example, private offices were moved to the middle of a floor, with a focus on enticing, collaborative space elsewhere.

    With collections low, rents high, and space utilization less than optimal with attorneys constantly on the go, many managing partners find themselves in a predicament. Reassessing the firm’s physical space footprint is an obvious route to addressing this problem, but in a don’t-rock-the-boat culture of big egos, any proposed changes to the physical work environment are sure to be met with high resistance. How can managing partners maintain firm stability while still reaping the financial benefits of this low-hanging fruit?

    Stegmeier Consulting Group’s expertise in helping organizations overcome resistance to changes in the workplace has been sought by clients around the globe. Specializing specifically in change management for the workplace, we can help with:

    • Building and presenting the business case for essential changes
    • Educating leadership on the why and the how
    • Risk mitigation
    • Mobility assessment/preparedness
    • Pre-change surveys to establish baseline metrics, post-change surveys to gauge on-going concerns
    • Live or remote training for both timekeepers and staff, employees and managers
    • Interactive e-learning video solutions, branded with your firm’s logo, initiative, and green-screened with your physical work environment
    • Change communications pieces and strategy
    • On-going, remote consultation

    If you’re considering drastic or minor changes in your organization, I’d encourage you to get in touch with us. We’d love to partner with your firm and help you revamp your workforce.

    Prior to joining Stegmeier Consulting Group, Matthew Stegmeier spent 5 years with Squire Sanders LLP in their business headquarters, working in Finance and Human Resources.

    Stegmeier Consulting Group is a globally-recognized leader in workplace change management, known for helping organizations effectively implement telework programs and other alternative workplace strategies, and Matthew has been instrumental in applying SCG’s best practices and proprietary Critical Influence methodology to clients’ mobility, flex work, shared-space environments, and other alternative workplace strategies. He is a graduate of Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business and co-author of the forthcoming book, CAVE People in the Workplace: Managing Citizens Against Virtually Everything.

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