About the High Time campaign
"Don't say no, say how?"
Monica Burch, Partner at Addleshaw Goddard and flexible worker
We're well into the first decade of the 21st Century and I believe it's High Time we changed our beliefs about the way senior manager and director level jobs can be worked.
At the end of the 20th Century, while the work-life balance debate continued to rage, piecemeal concessions were won by junior employees (mostly mothers, if we're honest) looking for more flexible working arrangements. And yet, despite radical changes in the world of work, the outmoded notion remains that senior level jobs cannot be worked in this way.
After fifteen years spent supporting organisations moving to flexible working I'm convinced it's High Time for change. Flexible working at senior levels is not only possible, it's vital if UK plc is to make the best use of skills and talent and remain competitive in the global economy. The evidence has been accumulating over the last ten years and the economic and social arguments are beyond dispute.
It's for this reason, and with the support of my HalsAllan co-director, Eleanor, that I've decided it's High Time to start the ball rolling with a year long campaign. This is not about influencing government - actual and planned extensions to the Right to Request legislation confirm that commitment already exists. It's about influencing employers and employees.
We're financing this campaign ourselves (no grants or sponsorship) through HalsAllan Ltd, because we believe it's High Time someone took action - and that someone is us! Over the next twelve months we hope to reach like minded organisations willing to join us as campaign colleagues. We want to build a groundswell that challenges outmoded thinking about how senior level jobs are worked.
We'll be posting resources on the HalsAllan website, and keeping you up to date with what's happening via my campaign blog
A list of campaign partners can be found here.
If you agree that it's High Time for change, contact us and help co-create a new workplace reality.
Page updated: 5 March 2008
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