1. MEDIA CONTACTS: Flexible Workplace Initiative
Shirley Crews Taylor
(832) 288-5631
Kelly Sakai
Families and Work Institute
(212) 465-2044 x224 x211
ksakai@familiesandwork.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LOCAL COMPANIES RECOGNIZED AS RECIPIENTS OF THE SLOAN AWARD
FOR EXEMPLARY WORKPLACE PRACTICES
25 recipients in Houston, Texas will be awarded the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award at the Sugar Creek
Country Club
Houston, Texas (September, 2011) – The Flexible Workplace Initiative is pleased to congratulate employers that
have distinguished themselves as leading practitioners of workplace flexibility in Houston, Texas and across the
nation. The Houston, Texas recipients of the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award are:
2011 SLOAN WINNERS
Abel Design Group, Ltd.
BDO, LLP
Binkley & Barfield, Inc.
ContentActive, LLC
Deloitte
Fronterra Integrated Geosciences
Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library
Klotz Associates Inc.
KPMG
McDonald's USA LLC - Houston Region
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Null-Lairson, P.C.
PKF Texas
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ryan LLC
Skylla Engineering Ltd.
The Dow Chemical Company
The VIA Group
University of Phoenix - Houston Campus
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Vinson and Elkins
Xvand Technology Corporation Provider of IsUtility
A National Project Bringing Research on
Workplace Effectiveness and Workplace Flexibility into Business and Community Practice
Research ٠ Resources ٠ Recognition www.whenworkworks.org

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2011 HONORABLE MENTIONS
Access Sciences Corporation
Houston-Galveston Area Council
Jones & Carter, Inc.
The Sloan Awards are unique for their rigorous, two-step selection process, which involves an evaluation of
employers’ flexibility programs and practices, and a confidential employee survey.
“The Flexible Workplace Initiative applauds these organizations for their use of flexibility as an effective workplace
strategy to increase business success and benefit employees,” states Shirley Crews Taylor. “Not only are they an
example for other businesses wanting to remain competitive in today’s rapidly changing marketplace, they are also
leading the way in making Houston, Texas a great place to live and work.”
As the official host for Houston, Texas – The Flexible Workplace Initiative will recognize recipients of the 2011
Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility at the upcoming event on Thursday,
October 27, 2011 from 9am – 1pm at The Sugar Creek Country Club, 420 Sugar Creek Blvd., Sugar Land, Texas
77478.
For details please contact Shirley Crews Taylor, 832 288-5631 or go to website: www.flexworks.org.
The Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility are part of When Work Works, a
national project to educate the business community on the value of workplace effectiveness and flexibility. It is an
ongoing initiative of Families and Work Institute (FWI) first funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. In 2011, the
Society for Human Resource Management and FWI formed a ground-breaking, multi-year partnership to grow
When Work Works and help businesses become more successful by transforming the way they view and adopt
effective and flexible workplaces.
For more information about the When Work Works project and the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence
in Workplace Flexibility, visit www.whenworkworks.org @flexworkshtx
ABOUT THE FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE INITIATIVE
The purpose of Flexible Workplace Initiative Program (www.flexworks.org) is to provide outreach to the business
community to:
 Raise awareness among employers and employees in your community about the importance of workplace flexibility
as an essential business component of an effective workplace; and
 Create change in your community by increasing the number of local employers who use workplace flexibility as a
business strategy to meet their organizational goals and by increasing the access local employees have to effective
and flexible workplaces.
 Measure the positive impact of workplace flexibility and outline the numerous benefits to the community.
ABOUT WHEN WORK WORKS
When Work Works is a leading national initiative to help businesses of all sizes and types become more successful
by transforming the way they view and adopt effective and flexible workplaces. When Work Works is one of the
foremost providers of rigorous research and employer best practices on workplace effectiveness and flexibility in
the nation, and administers the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
annually, which recognize exemplary employers for using flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase
business and employee success. www.whenworkworks.org @FWInews
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