In her 25 years advising orthodontic practices, Jackie Shoemaker, the president of J. M. Shoemaker Consulting, has advocated flexibility, especially if a credit check is run first.
More recently, Khomeini's successor as supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered a major doctrinal speech advocating "heroic flexibility," indicating the regime's continuing adaptability in both international and domestic affairs.
In fact, I'm not a mom myself, and yet I've been advocating for flexibility in the workplace for years because it makes sense for a whole host of reasons, including increased productivity, better health, lower fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, cost savings, effective emergency management, higher employee morale, and reduced turnover.
He has become the darling of church conservatives, who see him as a bulwark against American Catholics who advocate greater flexibility.
Last year the supreme leader advocated "heroic flexibility" in affairs of state, an allusion to the controversial peace made by the second Shia imam, Hassan, with the Sunni Omayad caliphate in the 7th century.
The neighbors have been feuding: Müller is a defender of doctrinal orthodoxy, while the reform-minded Baldisseri has presided over the Synod on the Family, a council meeting initiated by Francis last year, at which Church progressives have advocated greater flexibility on such matters as the treatment of divorced couples and homosexuals.
He joined the chorus of voices professing willingness to compromise Tuesday when he advocated "heroic flexibility" in Tehran's negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency and six world powers demanding an end to Iranian uranium enrichment.
Current notions of team-building advocate increasing flexibility in team structure, abolishing hierarchies and cultivating shared decision making [ 10- 16].
While this response suggests some greater flexibility in their view than might be apparent from the language of PPB, they do not always seem consistent in advocating for this flexibility.
"The system will not even allow us to pay more to outstanding employees," Ms. James said, advocating the kind of flexibility coveted by managers of union shops in both the public and private sectors.
