Do workplace flexibility policies impact career aspirations for high potential employees? In New Research: Flexibility Versus Face Time, we learn:
“[L]ack of access to flexible working arrangements damages high potential employees’ career aspirations, and is especially harmful to women’s aspirations, impacting the number of women raising their hands for stretch assignments and promotions.
Offering flexible working arrangements is critical for organizations to maximize their talent pool and become employers of choice for high potential employees throughout the pipeline. Most competitors already offer flexible working arrangements; there are negative consequences for those that don’t. Organizations need to decide if increased face time—or increased flexibility—is really in their firm’s best interest.”
