San Diego, California
Kate Lister is the principal researcher at the Telework Research Network. She has examined and cataloged over 500 case studies, scholarly reviews, research papers, books, and other documents on alternative workplace strategies and related topics. She has interviewed some of the nation’s largest and smallest virtual employers and their employees, corporate and government executives, the advocates and naysayers, legislators, leaders of successful telework advocacy programs in both the public and private sector, and venture capitalists who have invested in the remote work model.
Based on those studies, interviews, and unique research, the Telework Research Network has developed models that quantify the economic, environmental, and societal potential that telecommuting and alternative workplace strategies offer the U.S., U.K, and Canada (including regional estimates). The research and models have been cited in scores of publications including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Globe & Mail. Their custom Alternative Workplace Savings Model™ has been used by hundreds of organization and community leaders to make the case for telecommuting and other alternative workplace strategies.
Kate is a frequent speaker on telework, workplace flexibility, results-based management, and related topics. She has created workshops and webinars for organizations including WorldatWork, the Society for Human Resource Management, Citrix, WorkshiftCalgary, the Association for Commuter Transportation, and many others. She has authored industry-sponsored whitepapers on results-based management, telework in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, and numerous articles for outlets including Wall Street Journal, American Express, and others.
Kate has co-authored three business books, all published by John Wiley & Sons including, Undress For Success - The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home, a popular press book aimed at creating a ground-up movement to empower employees to negotiate, find, or create work at home opportunities. Jack Nilles, the grandfather of telework, wrote the foreword for the book. The book has won the praise of work-life and telecommuting advocates including Telework Canada, WorldatWork, and the Telework Coalition.
Practicing what she preaches, and in keeping with local customs, she sometimes even works while in the office jacuzzi.
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