For years, the mandates for more work-life flexibility were directed at organizations and management, but workplace expert Cali Williams Yost says the boss or company is no longer the one to solely blame for flexibility failure. Increasingly the challenge is for risk-averse employees, especially in the current economic climate, to focus less on sweeping transformative change and instead make small, everyday shifts in work style. But employers aren’t completely off the hook. They need to step up as well, and train employees to navigate a world where work and life boundaries have merged.
Williams Yost is the author of the new book “Tweak It: Make What Matters to You Happen Every Day.” She chatted with EBN about the evolution of her work-life philosophy, the tweak it concept and why employees need to take responsibility for their own work-life fit.
