During the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever are working from home. We've gathered some of the best resources to help you stay connected with your employees and for them to be as productive as possible for as long as you need to work remotely.
In partnership with Georgia Commute Options, Livable Buckhead provides employers with access to free services that reduce drive-alone commuting and improve air quality. Our team can create a customized program that will save your employees money and help them avoid a stressful commute.
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Why Formalize Telework?
A formal telework program provides the policies, procedures and training to ensure positive results for your organization and its employees.
Why formalize your telework program?
- To be consistent
- To define process and develop a policy
- To define the role of management
- To define clear expectations
- To identify selection criteria for jobs
- To offer training to managers and employees
- To expand the program
- To measure success
Quickstart Guide
Download Telework Quick Start Guide (881KB PDF)
Web Training: Managing Remotely
In this first of three training webinars, Georgia Commute Options, Perimeter Connects and ASAP+ give managers and employees tools for working effectively while working remotely.
In this training, they walk through strategies for:
- Managing objectives and deliverables while teleworking
- Collaborating through technology
- Virtual teambuilding
- Supporting good working
Web Training: Business Continuity In the era of Covid-19
In the second of three training webinars, Livable Buckhead, in partnership with Georgia Commute Options will walk through how to develop guidelines or a policy on keeping your organization safe in a teleworking environment that includes issues such as worker's compensation, liability, safety, and performance from an expert with over 30 years of experience in developing and managing telework programs. The objective of this webinar is to prepare companies with some formality and procedures to get programs up and running quickly.
Web Training: Collaborative Technologies for Telework – SaaS Solutions for non-IT Professionals
Join Georgia Commute Options for a review of the solutions that are readily available for collaboration. Everything from Zoom to Teams, Skype, Chat, etc. are discussed at a non-IT based level so that HR professionals can more clearly understand the IT needs for business continuity. The target audience for this session is small to mid-sized companies without a dedicated IT infrastructure or department.
Telework Consultant: Elham Shirazi
Elham Shirazi, principal of e-planning, has 33 years of experience in developing telework and flexible scheduling programs. Elham Shirazi is a certified WBE/DBE in the States of CA, GA, CT, NY, MA, MN, and FL. She has developed resource materials, conducted training workshops, worked with hundreds of employers, and evaluated the impacts of telework and flexible scheduling on employers, employees, and trip reduction. She has also helped develop regional telework resources and flexible scheduling and assistance programs throughout California, Florida, Georgia, Washington DC, Colorado, Texas, Connecticut, Minnesota, Washington, and Arizona.
Additional Employer Mobility Resources
The Livable Buckhead team has been in the transportation game for over 20 years and through our experience we have developed a realistic approach to helping our fellow commuters get to work.
Mobility options give your employees a better way to get to work. Getting your employees out of traffic so they can be more productive, improving employee morale and job satisfaction and reducing your workplace's environmental footprint are all benefits of a robust employer-based mobility program.
Offering carpooling, vanpooling, riding transit, teleworking, working a compressed work week, bicycling and walking options will not only help you become an employer of choice, but also generate good will in the Buckhead community as you help combat traffic.
Some of the other resources we can offer to your organization:
- Discounted MARTA pass program
- Relocation Planning
- Bespoke Organization Mobility Plans
- Mobility Concierge for Employees
