Green Leaf Report

Recently a senior executive I interviewed went on a long spiel about a study that showed telecommuting could cause job dissatisfaction among the employees not telecommuting.  The idea he stressed was that employees don’t like feeling that they’re covering for other employees and having all of their meetings pushed onto a certain day when […]

Today for the first time, US gas prices reached an average of $4/gallon.
Over the past 15 years, many companies have been moving more of their content onto web platforms and secure electronic processes.  The companies that have embraced these developments are well positioned now to reduce operational costs and employee out-of-pocket expenses […]

My Earth Day resolution this year was to continue to chip away at the personal and professional challenges to living right.   In honor of Earth Day, this past week I’ve:

Planted another tree in my yard. It’s an apricot tree- so hopefully it will have a dual role of absorbing CO2 and providing local fruit.
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Yesterday I met with the work/life coordinator at my employer and continued to encourage telecommuting.  I’m building the call to action for our website; now the challenge is to work this through the required approvals.  It still feels like I keep hearing that telecommuting is a privilege for specific persons in specific roles, not an entitlement.  I don’t want to […]

I recently attended a work/life seminar, and was surprised by the differing ideas of what it means to telecommute.  One of the guest speakers gave a long talk on the great flexibility of her job, because she has an hour-and-a-half commute (each way!!!), and telecommuting allows her to take conference calls while she’s driving to work.  I felt […]

We all need optimism to survive; we all need to feel like we matter, that we can make a difference, don’t we?  I’ve changed my life over the years to try to lessen my impact, to live a more environmentally aware lifestyle; the changes can be so small, but I feel better with each one. My […]