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Action Step – Five Mistakes Supervisors Make When Evaluating Flexible Schedule Associates
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
FIVE MISTAKES SUPERVISORS MAKE WHEN EVALUATING FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE ASSOCIATES
Nearly invisible and yet very powerful, flexibility stigma can infiltrate associate evaluations and undermine even the best flexible work program. Here are five mistakes supervisors make when evaluating associates who work flexibly – and how to fix them…
Action Step – Assign Work Equitably
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
ASSIGN WORK EQUITABLY
Assignments are a key component to determining a lawyer’s success. They provide training, experience, client contact, and the opportunity to work with senior attorneys. They engage a lawyer and make him/her feel involved in working toward a meaningful goal. Lawyers measure their progress and advancement against their peers by comparing: assignments; working for more prestigious clients; working with respected senior lawyers; and how much responsibility they have on matters.
Action Step – Flexible Flexibility: Individually-Tailored Schedules
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
FLEXIBLE FLEXIBILITY: INDIVIDUALLY-TAILORED SCHEDULES
Flexibility is a two-way street. To be effective, flexible work programs have to provide what lawyers want and meet the needs of the organization and clients. The legal profession is a service-driven one; accordingly, outlining expectations for a flex lawyer’s availability when client emergencies arise is critical to the viability of the organization. Flexible flexibility is good. Well conceived written policies that provide flexible flexibility are even better…