INTERCHANGE FOCUS: Selecting, Evaluating & Developing Home Based Workers

This Interchange will focus on helping participants understand how they can create a successful program that allows the right people to benefit from working from home, while maintaining or increasing productivity. 

Date:
Thursday, November 20 , 2008
Session hours: 8:30 to noon
Light Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.

Omicron invites all participants for lunch following the Interchange

Suggested Attendees: Anyone who is involved in developing a program for home based workers, leaders and managers with home based workers and others considering the pros and cons of this type of program.

Background: Today’s IT workers crave flexibility.  Some demand flexibility.  Working from home is an option that has appeal to a high percentage of skilled IT professionals.  Making this type of program work, however, can be quite challenging.

This session will allow participants to better understand who can handle working from home (and who can’t), how to use personality profiles to determine these ideal candidates, and how to structure a program that maximizes the productivity of home based workers.

This Interchange (Roundtable Discussion) Will Explore:

• Selecting the Right Candidates
• Maximizing Productivity
• Personality Profile

• Metrics for Success
• Monitoring Productivity
• Communication Challenges

Where Shared Experiences Maximize Performance