Sandy Burud, Ph.D., is a researcher, consultant and author on human capital and work-life.  She is currently a partner in FlexPaths (a flexibility-focused employment portal, www.flexpaths.com). She is a former Visiting Scholar at the Peter Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, in Claremont, CA.  Her latest book, Leveraging the New Human Capital: Adaptive Strategies, Results Achieved and Stories of Transformation (with M. Tumolo, 2004), was named “Outstanding HRD Book of the Year” by the Academy of Human Resource Development. She has spent twenty-five years as a consultant, guiding such organizations as MCA/Universal, Seagram, Starbucks, ABN-AMRO and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in adapting to changes in the work force and developing metrics to assess the impact of their efforts.  She is the former President of the Alliance for Work-Life Progress and she holds a Ph.D. in Education from Claremont Graduate University. 

Expertise: Dual Earner, Gen X/Gen Y, Older Workers, Flexible Work Schedules, Overwork, Part-time: Salaried and Professional Employees, Phased Retirement, Retention, Telework, Work Hours, Work-Family Balance, Work-Family Conflict, Work/Life Integration, Human Capital Management Practices, Organizational Change, Work Force Changes, Organizational Culture, Business Case Research, Measurement/Metrics, Return-on-Investment, Knowledge & Service Work