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What do the Working Mother 100 Best Companies Have That Other Employers Don’t?

Last month, Working Mother magazine released its “100 Best Companies” list. Companies need to apply to get onto the list, and one of the things I do is help my clients with these applications, so I know a thing or two about what it takes. Yet it’s still always gratifying to see the extent to […]

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Challenging Truisms, Fostering Inclusion

Last week Working Mother Media held its annual conference, now called the WorkBeyond Summit (this year’s theme: “Transform to Innovate: What’s Next?”) The event, which culminates in a gala dinner honoring organizations on the Working Mother 100 Best Companies list, brings together representatives from these and other companies as well as research and advocacy groups and […]

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A Voice for Older Workers

Have you heard about this group yet? Respectful Exits calls itself the “organized voice of aging workers,” and it aims to give voice to a group that is often forgotten (except in the most legalistic way) in the whole question of work-life and diversity. It advocates for employers to end mandatory retirement ages and implement […]

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Great Employers: Don’t Skip To the End of the Story

I’ve just put a bow on my busiest season, the late spring and summer months when I work with companies to put together the best possible submissions for next year’s Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list. In other words, I spend each summer helping my clients tell their stories—stories about how they work […]

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25 Years after FMLA, Paid Leave Remains a Pipedream

In 1992 I moved to New York, got married, and starting working in the media department (ok, as the media department) for Families and Work Institute. Families and Work, which recently folded, was a research institute, not an advocacy group, but at the time we were a small, passionate, unabashedly liberal staff. So I well […]

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What Makes a “Great Place to Work?” The Rules Have Changed

Last month I attended the Great Place to Work Institute’s annual conference, and once again I was struck by how things have changed. Great Place to Work Institute (aka GPTW) is the organization responsible for Fortune’s annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, as well as a bunch of other best workplace lists published […]

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Robin Hardman

Writing corporate award submissions, work-life, diversity, HR communications and more for over a dozen years.

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Work-Life Blog

  • At Work, "Fun" is Just the Icing on the Cake
  • What Have the Working Mother 100 Best Companies Got That Your Company Doesn’t?
  • How to Do Flex Right
  • Let's Hear It for Individual Contributors!
  • Is Your Diversity Program Stuck in the Block Corner?

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Writing Blog

  • The Language is Changing and It Matters--A Lot
  • Three Things Jigsaw Puzzles Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving
  • Taking on the "Should-Dos" in a Sea of Distraction
  • Stop Ignoring This Proven Way to Make Your Case
  • 6 Tips for Conquering Word Limits

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