The Washington Council of Governments is trying a top-down approach to selling telework, according to Toni Kistner (Top-down telework, Network World, 2/24/04). Their idea of the top is "C" level execs:

'Acknowledging that area businesses know the "ABCs of telework" COG is bugging C-level executives of nearly 100 large area businesses to "re-energize" their programs, urging them to increase their size by removing old obstacles, says Commuter Connections Director Nicholas Ramfos. That could mean anything from rethinking decisions based on technology to those made by telework-resistant managers who have since left the company.'

COG will offer traiining through a consulting agreement with the Telecommuting Advantage Group. TAG uses a combination of employee, management, organizational, technical and job suitability assessments along with training targeted at each of these areas to optimize the succes of an organization's telecommuting program.

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