New organisational initiatives should validate time spent with service users and display more tangible and flexible commitments to meeting their needs.
In the middle of the sales cycle, you need to be extremely flexible about commitments as you begin to adapt to the visionaries' agenda.
So it's not surprising to see upstarts looking to capitalize on many of the qualities — instant community, flexible time commitments and nicely equipped spaces — that are desirable to dedicated travelers, digital nomads and young adults who have yet to settle down.
We explore ways of mitigating the costs of aid volatility: in particular, we show that these can be dramatically reduced by a flexible pre-commitment rule which adjusts flows in the case of drastic improvements or deteriorations in country performance ratings.
Based on research on economic mechanisms set up to control coordination between actors in industrial design, we highlight conflict between coordination grounded in a "strictly" contractual approach, on the one hand, and "flexible" types of commitment which take advantage of an increase in information but may have high coordination costs, on the other.
At RBS, which won a prize for its commitment to flexible working, at least 22 percent of employees have a formally agreed-upon flexible working arrangement, and 92 percent of those flexible positions are held by women.
The campaign's website will list employers who have made a commitment to flexible hiring, and will offer free individual career advice for jobseekers looking for a flexible job and for those seeking a promotion at their current employer while working part-time or flexibly.
The teaching commitment is flexible, but the post will be for at least five years.
"As you well know, serving in state government requires an unparalleled commitment to flexible schedules, days away from home and significant time spent in Albany," she wrote.
Whereas the ILF was seen as responsive and flexible, with a clear commitment to independent living, councils were seen by users as rigid, bureaucratic, distant and "ignorant" about independent living.
A greater commitment to flexible working, whether relating to the number of hours worked or the location; better use of mobile technology; temporary role adjustments to suit personal circumstances; and maybe investment in additional support staff would all help, as would the redefinition of an employee's day-to-day targets to reflect their changed circumstances.
