FWA Guidelines

Manager FlexScreen™: Diagnosing Your Flex Readiness

What is your Flex Readiness? Are your management skills such that you will be comfortable managing employees on FWAs?

The questions below may help you inventory the key skills you already have and those that might need some further development. They are based on success factors that have made flexibility work for managers here and in other companies.

Please read each statement. If it is true for you, click on the box.

	I am open with my employees and there is mutual respect between us.
	I am a good listener and check regularly to make certain that I’m understanding what is being said.
	I encourage new ideas.
	I give credit to others for their ideas and contributions.
	I try to model the behavior that I seek from the employees I manage.
	I make sure that employees understand their performance objectives and the results I expect from them.
	I regularly give honest feedback in a timely manner, using specific examples.
	I am considered to be supportive while expecting business needs to be met.
	I keep my eye on the big picture and create workgroup and individual goals that relate to those of the organization.

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