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International Telework Association and Council (ITAC)
1999 Telework Hall of Fame Award:
Gil Gordon
Gil Gordon is a globally known pioneer in fostering telecommuting and
telework concepts. The Telework Hall of Fame Award, the highest honor
bestowed by the International Telework Association & Council, is given to
Gil for his sustained and lasting contributions toward creating
well-planned and well-managed telework programs benefiting employers,
employees, and society as a whole.
 Abandoning a promising and high profile career in the corporate world in
1982, Gordon grasped the telework vision and independently set upon a
course to better our world by becoming a student, proponent, leader, and a
world recognized telework expert. En route he shared his vision with other
like-minded individuals who then formally created ITAC. Gordon unselfishly
and continually gave his name, energy, and financial resources to move ITAC
from its grassroots beginnings to its present status as an internationally
recognized entity.
Over the past 17 years, Gil Gordon's name has become almost synonymous with
the word telecommuting. In addition to his national and international
travels to Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand to speak and lead
seminars, Gordon founded and became editor of Telecommuting Review, a
newsletter recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of telecommuting
information and analysis from 1984 to 1999. With the world awakening to
the potential of telework, Gordon took it upon himself to create an annual
3-day conference devoted to educating business and government pioneers and
leaders about the what-to-do, how-to-do it, and why-and-why-not-do it of
telecommuting held throughout the United States from 1992-1998.
With a clear vision of Internet potential, he created a web site that
provides comprehensive subject matter about telecommuting and telework on
the Internet. There is no doubt that many of the
telecommuting/telework programs successful planned and executed have been
the result of information he has given to employees, students, employers,
telework hopefuls, authors, writers, et.al.
In recognizing the many pioneering successes enjoyed as a consequence of
Gordon's leadership, it is important to note that he was not been timid
about disclosing the pitfalls and downfalls of telework. In no uncertain
terms, Gordon tells it like it is... "Not a panacea for all the problems,
not for everyone, and not easy to execute without understanding and caring
for all involved." His knowledge, enthusiasm, energy, and impeccable
integrity characterize his leadership and dedication to using telework as
means to better ends for now and for the future.
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