Show Me The Money — the bottom line on workplace change

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Facility managers and CRE professionals are increasingly being asked to quantify the impact of workplace change on organizational priorities. That was easy in the days when the (short-sighted) top priority was reducing real estate costs. But employers are finally beginning to understand that workplace design and work practices that are good for people are good for the bottom line.

Results-Based Management-The Key to Unlocking Talent, Increasing Productivity

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Recent research shows than 70% of the workforce is not engaged. They’re either wandering around in a fog, or actively undermining their co-workers’ success. They’re burned out, disenfranchised, and over 80% are ready to jump ship.

Eyeing the end of the recession, employees are no longer happy just to have a job. Boomers who haven’t already made their exit are anticipating it. Gen X-ers watched their workaholic parents, and aren’t about to make the same mistakes. Gen Y-ers grew up independent, tech savvy, and were taught to question authority. Now they’re questioning their employers. This is not your father’s workforce.

The Bottom Line on Telework for the Thurston Region State and Local Governments

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This report offers a data-driven analysis of the potential for telework to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of Thurston WA region state and local government.

Based on a conservative set of assumptions drawn from a synthesis of over 4,000 data sources, we calculate that the impact of twice weekly telework by 30% of the region’s public sector workforce could:

  • Save approximately $58 million per year
  • Reduce vehicle miles traveled by 14 million miles per year
  • Eliminate over one million vehicle trips per year
  • Reduce greenhouse gases by the equivalent of planting over 100,000 trees