Cali Williams Yost is the CEO and Founder of Flex+Strategy Group/Work+Life Fit, Inc., a research and consulting firm that works with organizations and individuals to make flexibility a lever for profit, growth and work+life fit. Clients range from BDO Seidman LLP and Quaker/Tropicana to the United Nations, Ernst&Young, Microsoft, and the U.S. Navy. Called “one of the smartest” and “sophisticated thinkers” by The New York Times, Yost has been shaping the global dialogue on work+life flexibility for nearly two decades. A former commercial banker and graduate of Columbia Business School, Yost is author of the critically acclaimed Work+Life: Finding the Fit That’s Right for You, the first work+life “fit” handbook for individuals. Since 2007, she has served as an expert blogger for Fast Company magazine. An in-demand consultant, keynote speaker and workshop presenter, Yost serves as an evangelist for the broad organizational impacts of work+life flexibility — from employee engagement, innovation, cost containment and talent management to global client service, sustainability, and disaster preparedness. Her unique, often contrarian perspective has been featured in numerous national media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, USA Today, NPR and Fox Business News. Prior to founding the Flex+Strategy Group/Work+Life Fit, Inc., Yost held senior consulting roles with the Families and Work Institute and Bright Horizons Family Solutions, two of the field’s pioneering organizations. In 2007, she was honored with the “Rising Star Award” from the Alliance of Work-Life Progress.