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Working Mothers and Others: Get More Time for Your Family with a Flexible Work Arrangement

Here's the only place on the Web where you can download a proposal template for getting a flexible work arrangement at your current job. Which means...

...you can hand in a proposal to your boss in the next day or so and be a giant step closer to having more time for your life outside of work.

Are you ready to do that? Here's how.

Flex Your Work Time  >>>  Restore Your Life Time

I’m work options advisor Pat Katepoo and I've developed free and modest-fee resources—instantly available by download here—to help you get approval of your telecommuting, part-time, job sharing or compressed workweek request—soon.

My proposal was completed, accepted and approved within two weeks...[it] was so professional, detailed, and well-written that no one even asked any questions! I thank you and so do my husband and my 3 children. Caren Helms, Engineer, Underwriters Laboratories, Raleigh, NC

If you're a first-time visitor, start with these free resources:

1. Strategies for Approval to help you know what to ask for and how to ask for it—with confidence. For example:

Don't Get Personal! Make the Business Case for a Flexible Work Arrangement

How to Prepare for Objections to Your Flexible Work Request

2. Redesign Your Job into flexible work. If you're past the info-gathering stage, start your action steps today. Called excellent homework for wannabes by The Wall Street Journal, this free downloadable worksheet will prepare you to approach your boss.

If you're a repeat visitor (or an urgent first-timer):

It's time to do a flexible work proposal to give to your boss—and I've already done most of the writing for you. You just have to fill in your personal information.

You can see why Anita Netzer was relieved that her proposal was practically finished before she started it:

As a journalism major, the proposal is something I probably could have written on my own, given enough time and solitude. As a sleep-deprived mother of an active 5-year-old and an infant, your [Flex Success] proposal template was a Godsend!” Anita Netzer
Sales Manager, Pacifica, CA

Beat High Gas Prices with the Telecommuting Proposal Template

Shirley Hubbard started working from home just two weeks after ordering her Telecommuting Flex Success Proposal Template, and then wrote to me:

Hi Pat. I got the idea to telecommute when gas prices kept getting higher and higher. I have a far commute and filling my car up was getting very expensive. So I decided to go online and find a proposal to telecommute and found your product. I am happy to write that my proposal was accepted and I am now working from home every other day.” Shirley Hubbard, Training Project Coordinator (School of Medicine), Hoschton, GA

To read about and order your telecommuting proposal, click here.

A Well-defined Plan Gets You What You Want

You may wonder if there's an easier and faster way than starting your proposal from scratch. There is.

Whether you plan to give your boss a...

Telecommuting Proposal [
details] [download it now]

Part-time Proposal [details] [download it now]

Job Sharing Proposal [details] [download it now] or

Compressed Workweek Proposal [details] [download it now]

...WorkOptions.com can help you get a flexible work schedule faster than you thought possible with its popular fill-in-the-blanks proposal template called Flex Success.

I had been struggling working full-time while raising three kids but now I have my management's blessing to switch to three days a week...You not only showed me the advantages of a written proposal, but made it easy to put together a professional-looking one. An enormous thank you. Judy Hochberg, Research Scientist, IBM,
Scarsdale, NY

Let's face it: asking your boss for a change in your work schedule can brew a nervous stomach.

The antidote is a well-defined plan and a savvy strategy for presenting your request in the right way.

You'll find them here wrapped in the Flex Success Proposal Template.

A well-written proposal is the most effective way to get the boss's approval of a flexible work arrangement. That's a time-proven fact agreed upon by all work/family balance experts.

Lorraine Sitton of Florida found that a written proposal for a flexible work arrangement can work even after previous rejections:

I've tried to convince management before and I've always been turned down. This time [with Flex Success Proposal Template], my flawless proposal got through the brick wall! Lorraine Sitton, Senior Paralegal, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

When you download the ready-made Flex Success Proposal Template, you'll have a written proposal which paves the way for you to confidently present and negotiate your case for changing your work schedule.

“Winging It”? No Proposal? Flex Request Denied!

If you're not sure about having a plan, I invite you to read why winging it and no written proposal are the Two Big Mistakes to Avoid when making your flexible work request.

In a Rush? Get the Boss to Say “Yes” with Flex Success Proposal Template

If you're a time-pressed professional—who understands that your time is worth money—and you're looking for a short-cut way to make a strong business case for your individual flexible work request...

...it's here.

In six minutes from now, you could have Flex Success Proposal Template on your desktop. By tomorrow, you could have a persuasive plan and proposal ready for your boss's review.

I used your template today and am handing it to my boss tomorrow...[12 days later]...my boss approved my revised work schedule and I am thrilled... Laura Kaloi, Director, Public Policy, Alexandria, VA

The Flex Success Proposal Template is a fast (download it) and easy (fill-in-the-blanks) proposal template used successfully by thousands of career professionals over the last eleven years.

Consultant Pat Katepoo has thought of everything, put it into no-nonsense terminology and included an irresistible business case. Just fill in the blanks. Susan Seitel, President, Work & Family Connection

Will it work for you? Find out. Click on a Flex Success Proposal Template now for more details:

Telecommuting Flex Success

Job Sharing Flex Success

Part-time Flex Success

Compressed Workweek Flex Success

Or if you can't wait to get started, order and download Flex Success now by clicking here.


 

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