MHBT Honored for Excellence in Workplace Flexibility

Privately owned Dallas-based insurance brokerage, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy, LLP (MHBT), recently accepted the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility at an event hosted by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce at the Park City Club.

The Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility is part of When Work Works, an ongoing initiative from Families and Work Institute, the Center for Workforce Preparation (an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) and Patricia Kempthorne, First Lady of Idaho and Founder of the Center for Emerging Futures, with sponsor The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. When Work Works is a nationwide initiative to highlight the importance of workforce effectiveness and flexibility as a strategy to enhance business’ competitive advantage in the global economy and yield positive business results.

Eight communities were chosen to participate in the inaugural When Work Works initiative and awards selection process: Brooklyn, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.: Dallas, Texas: Detroit, Mich.; Durham, N.C.; Long Beach, Calif.; Providence, R.I.; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Award winners were announced in all eight cities this spring.

“MHBT truly appreciates this recognition of our firm’s culture and the importance of our employees to our business success,” said Bill Henry, chairman and CEO of MHBT. “As risk managers and counselors, we truly agree that businesses can increase productivity through versatile, responsive employment policies that empower employees to be entrepreneurial and productive. We are proud that our company’s values mirror those encouraged by the When Work Works program.”

Research from the When Work Works initiative finds that working flexibly enhances employees’ effectiveness and satisfaction on the job-and benefits employers. Employees with flexibility are:
–More engaged in their jobs and committed to helping their companies succeed;
–More likely to plan on staying with their employer; and,
–More satisfied with their jobs.

Additional study data, as well as tips on working flexibly for companies, supervisors and employees, is available at www.whenworkworks.org.

In addition to MHBT, the Sloan Award ceremony in Dallas honored North Texas-area firms Accenture; CareerLink Companies; Center for Housing Resources; Community Council of Greater Dallas; Lee Hecht Harrison; Medical City Dallas Hospital; Texas Instruments; and Travis, Wolff & Company, LLP.

“These Dallas companies show the kind of commitment to working with flexibility as an essential ingredient of effectiveness that the Sloan Award was created to recognize,” said Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute. “We hope they will serve as an example and inspiration to other organizations.”

MHBT is based in Dallas and also has offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas.