September 2007: Vice President Debbie Phillips spoke with National Public Radio show Marketplace on September 24, 2007 about Working Mother's recently released 100 Best Companies list for 2007. She discusses how WFD Consulting can help companies qualify for such lists. Listen to the show or download the podcast here

Congratulations to White & Case for being selected as a Top Law Firm for Working Women. WFD joins Working Mother Magazine and FlexTime Lawyers in congratulating this international law firm for its success in pursuing a women's leadership initiative that focuses on culture, women's representation and flexible ways of working. WFD has partnered with White & Case in developing its women's initiative, both in the United States and internationally. Learn more about WFD's work in women's advancement here.

August 2007: The August 13th Wall Street Journal features an article on how GlaxoSmithKline's innovative team resilience program combats work-related stress. WFD Consulting partnered with GSK to design tools and services to help leaders and managers create a work environment that builds resilient teams and better quality of life. Learn more about how WFD helps companies build resilient teams and employees here, or contact Amy Richman, Senior Consultant, at 617-219-8723 or amy.richman@wfd.com.

August 2007: Senior Consultant Jan Civian speaks to Mark Henricks of Entrepreneur on retaining single employees. The significant number of unattached employees over age 18 poses a different challenge when it comes to work-life considerations Find out more on how to best retain your single employees here.

July 24, 2007: Channel NewsAsia quotes Vice President Arlene Johnson on Singapore's commitment to work-life balance for the public sector workforce. View article here.

The Wall Street Journal featured the American Business Collaboration funded project "Powerful Tools for Caregivers" in the June 21, 2007 column. Powerful Tools is an online training program designed to support caregivers. Read the article here.
For more information on Powerful Tools for Caregivers, visit here.

The May 2007 issue of WorldatWork's workspan magazine features an article by senior consultant Karen Noble entitled, "Building a Culture of Flexibility: Strategies for Success." Diane Burrus will be hosting a poster session on integrating a culture of flexibility in organizations at the WorldatWork Total Rewards 2007 Conference in Orlando, FL on Tuesday, May 8th.
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White & Case's Timothy Goodell and Kelly Hoey discuss the key steps that law firms can take to enhance their women's advancement initiative in the New York Law Journal Magazine.
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Senior Consultant Jan Civian is the featured guest columnist in WFC Resources' Guest Column for April. Jan addresses the critical talent shortages and the findings from the New Career Paradigm study.
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White & Case’s Karen Asner discusses flexible work arrangements and law firms in the October 4, 2006 issue of American Lawyer Media's Law.com.
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The October 2006 issue of World at Work's Workspan Magazine published an article by President Peter Linkow entitled, "Winning the Competition for Talent: The Role of the New Career Paradigm"
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WFD Consultant and Women's Advancement expert Monica Roper was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, "The Problem of Pregnant Pause" on July 31, 2006.
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Arlene Johnson, Vice President, spoke to the Dallas Morning News about the rise in
workplace pressure.
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WFD Consulting's Amy Richman talks about how employers can reduce burnout in
Newsweek magazine.
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WFD Consulting has become an employee owned company.
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July 2003 WFD Consultant and Women's Advancement expert Monica Roper's advice
on negotiating successful maternity leave has been included in both the Wall Street
Journal Online and the IT World Canada.

Karen Noble, Senior Consultant and Director of the Everywhere Workplace Practice,
was quoted in the The Boston Globe article, "Training helps firms adapt to virtual work world"
on March 16, 2003. The article cites the national study commissioned by the American
Business Collaboration, "When the Workplace Is Many Places: The Extent and Nature
of Off-Site Work Today." Learn more about the ABC funded Everywhere Workplace study.

March 16, 2003 Karen Noble, Senior Consultant and Director of the Everywhere
Workplace Practice, was quoted in the The Boston Globe article, "Training helps firms
adapt to virtual work world" on March 16, 2003. The article cites the national study
commissioned by the American Business Collaboration, "When the Workplace Is Many
Places: The Extent and Nature of Off-Site Work Today."
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March 13, 2003 Senior Consultant Jan Civian offered her consulting expertise in the
March 13, 2003 Boston Globe business article "Lawyer accuses firm of pregnancy
bias."

March 4, 2003 Consultant Lisa Buxbaum was quoted in the March 4, 2003 Chicago
Tribune article, "Benefits grow in creative, tasty directions" by Carol Kleiman.

March 2003 WFD Consulting's own Amy Richman and Arlene Johnson presented a half day professional development session on "Developing and Leading Strategic Work/Life
Initiatives" at the College and University Work/Family Association's (CUWFA) conference at the University of Philadelphia.

WFD sponsored The Conference Board Women's Leadership Conference: Building
Inclusion, Building Success, held at The Marriott Financial Center, New York, NY.
Francene Rodgers, CEO and Founder of WFD, spoke on how Board membership
builds credibility for women and Arlene Johnson, Vice President of WFD Consulting,
moderated a panel on time management and women's advancement

February 2003 WFD Consultants were featured on three panels at the Association of Work/Life Professionals (AWLP) conference in Orlando Florida: work-life in global context; elder care and older workers; and remote work.

January 2003 Senior Consultant Judith Presser was quoted in CFO Magazine in the article, "Child- Care Benefits: Where Credit is Due." Click here to read the article.
Vice President of WFD Consulting, Arlene Johnson was the January 2003 guest
columnist for Work & Family Connection. Click here to read the column, "TREND-
WATCHING: SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT BIG THING."
Senior Consultant Karen Noble was featured in two Computerworld articles on
managing remote employees. Click the following link to read the article Distant
Messages or this link to read the article Remote Managers Rate High Marks.

December 2002 Diane Burrus conducted a briefing on Women's Advancement in Phoenix, Arizona. Click here to read more about these briefings.

November 2002 National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC), New York City. Highlighting WFD Consulting's extensive global experience, WFD Senior Consultant
Abby Shapiro will present a session entitled "Child Care Around the Globe;
Perspectives and Surprises from Other Cultures." WWW.NAEYC.ORG
Diane Burrus, senior consultant, presented a 1/2 day workshop to employers in Ventura
County CA - Ventura County Business Leaders Forum Workshop entitled Designing
Flexible Workplace Solutions- A Strategy for Gaining Competitive Advantage was
sponsored by The Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County and Project Work/LIFE
- a local initiative for family-friendly employment. Over 50 business leaders attended to
learn how flexible work schedules enhance business results; ways to avoid common
pitfalls and overcome obstacles to effective implementation, and best practices and
critical success factors.

October 2002 Family Reunion Conference, Nashville. Fran Rodgers, CEO and founder of WFD, will participate in the Family Reunion, the yearly event sponsored by Al and Tipper Gore, speaking about ways that parents of pre-adolescents and adolescents can be
supported in the workplace. WWW.FAMILYREUNION.ORG
New England Human Resources Association (NEHRA) 2002 Invention Convention
"Elements of Success," Connecticut. WFD Consulting was a bronze sponsor.
WWW.NEHRA.ORG
The 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers WorkLife Congress, New York City.
Senior Consultant Judith Presser moderated a panel on cutting edge dependent care
solutions, "Pushing the Envelope wiht Eldercare." Amy Richman and Karen Noble
facilitated a research discussion on the study, "When the Workplace Is Many Places,"
the breakthrough study on flexibility conducted by WFD Consulting and funded by the
American Business Collaboration. WWW.ABCDEPENDENTCARE.COM,
WWW.WORKLIFECONGRESS.COM

September 2002 Shell Diversity Conference, Houston. Arlene Johnson, Vice President of WFD Consulting was a featured speaker.

June 2002 Save the Date! WFD is sponsoring the Conference Board's annual Work-Life
Conference. Click here to learn more about the conference.

April 2002 Diane Burrus of WFD will present at the Annual Athena Foundation Conference in Dallas, Texas. Marriott International was honored at the annual Catalyst Awards Dinner for their women's advancement initiative "Women and Marriott: Partners for the Future" Click here to learn more about WFD's women's advancement work with Marriott.

March 2002
Arlene Johnson, VP of Consulting was featured in The Christian Science Monitor in an
article about consequences of the recent rise in the birth rate called "Oh, Baby! Look
how your ranks grow."
WFD's work redesign project with Marriott was highlighted in the March edition of the
Work & Family Trend Report.

February 2002
WFD Consulting's CEO Fran Rodgers was featured in the article "Women Managers
Seen Changing Workplace" on Reuters.com.

Senior Consultant Perry Christensen was featured in an online column by David
Schwab of the New Jersey Star Ledger called "Beat the Downturn."

January 2002
Senior Consultant, Karen Noble wrote an article featured in WorkLife Today, "How
companies can help managers embrace telework."
Senior Consultant Perry Christensen was featured in an online column by Sue
Shellenbarger of the Wall Street Journal called "Top Executives Have Lives Too,
Although You'd Never Know It."