As a manager, employees come to you to learn how - and if - they can work flexibly, e.g. a compressed work week, a couple days from home, etc. You don't want to be a grinch, but you also must ensure that work gets done. In this interview with Heidi Skatrud, she shares many of the keys to successful mobile work arrangements, and gives listeners the inside track on Runzheimer's Total Mobility Benchmarking Report.

Listen to Making Remote Work WORK: An Interview with Heidi Skatrud (19 mb)

For 15 years Allan Halcrow was the editor of Workforce Magazine. Several years ago he and co-author Bob Rosner wrote The Boss's Survival Guide. Allan talks about what's new in the 2009 edition and what smart bosses are doing that maybe their dumber counterparts are not.

Listen to The Boss’s Survival Guide: An Interview with Allan Halcrow (16 mb)