SHODOR RECOGNIZED FOR EXEMPLARY WORKPLACE PRACTICES
Receives prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
Durham, NC (October 12, 2011) Shodor has been honored with the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award for
Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for its use of flexibility as an effective
workplace strategy to increase business and employee success.
This prestigious award, part of the national When Work Works project, recognizes employers of
all sizes and types in the Triangle area and across the country.
Workplace flexibilitysuch as flextime, part-time work and compressed workweekshas been
demonstrated to help businesses remain competitive while also benefiting employees as well.
Our research consistently finds that employees in effective and flexible workplaces have greater
engagement on the job and greater desire to stay with their organization. In addition, they
report lower stress levels and better overall health, states Ellen Galinsky, president of
Families and Work Institute (FWI), a research think tank on workforce and workplace trends that
administers the awards.
The Sloan Awards are unique for their rigorous, two-step selection process, which involves an
evaluation of employers flexibility programs and practices and a confidential employee survey.
All applicants are measured against national norms from FWIs National Study of Employers.
As a recipient of the 2011 Sloan Award, Shodor ranks in the top 20% of employers nationally in
terms of its programs, policies and culture for creating an effective and flexible workplace,
states Galinsky. In addition, what makes this honor so special is that their employees have
corroborated this, affirming that it is indeed an effective and flexible workplace.
When Work Works is a national project to educate the business community on the value of
workplace flexibility by sharing research and promising practices, as well as conducting the
annual Sloan Awards. It is an ongoing initiative of Families and Work Institute first funded by
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. In 2011, the Society for Human Resource Management and FWI
formed a ground-breaking, multi-year partnership to grow When Work Works and help businesses
become more successful by transforming the way they view and adopt effective and flexible
workplaces.
For more information about the When Work Works project and the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for
Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility, visit
www.whenworkworks.org.