When we saw this story on MarketWatch, our reaction was: “Thank you, research people, for backing up what we’ve been seeing for years with research!” One of the most popular ROWE Guideposts is Every day feels like Saturday. We were pleased to find similar language in the latest Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index findings: [P]eople in high-quality jobs [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Back to School
For parents, this time of year is filled with mixed emotions. It’s the start of a new school year. There’s a dose of excitement, some anxiety, and a whole lot of questions. How will I get to work by 8:00 when I need to wait at the bus stop until 7:45? How can I get three kids ready and [...]
Five Reasons HR Should Love ROWE
Coming from the HR world, we know firsthand how ROWE can make the lives of HR professionals in an office environment much more purposeful and much less stressful. Here are some of our favorite things that change for HR folks once ROWE becomes a reality for them and the teams they support: You won’t need [...]
Scenes from a "Compressed" Work Week
Five Minutes Late Employee: Good morning, Boss. Boss: You’re late. Employee (checking watch): It’s five after. Boss: I know! Now that we’re on a compressed work week, getting in on time is even more important. Employee: I can see that, but— Boss: What you need to do is build a bigger time cushion into your [...]
Girl Scouts Gone ROWE
ROWE is spreading. We received this letter recently and had to share it. Enjoy. Dear Cali and Jody: As the new CEO for Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council (which serves 15,000 girls and 5,000 volunteers in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in Southern California), I had been struggling with reconciling 100 years of [...]
Seven Tips for Successful Telecommuting
A recent piece in U.S.News & World Report about telecommuting closes with a piece of advice from Telecommuting for Dummies author Minda Zetlin: Post a picture of yourself at your office desk with a note that says, “I really am working from home. Call me!” Here are some more tips in a similar vein: 1. [...]
Michael Port Interview: Part 2
We’re on part 2 of our interview with Michael Port, the author of the national bestselling Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients and Beyond Booked Solid: Your Business, Your Life, Your Way – It’s All Inside. In short, he’s just an all-around great guy who has lots [...]
Michael Port Interview: Part 1
We were on a teleseminar for Why Work Sucks a couple months ago with Michael Port. We had such a blast with him that we wanted to introduce him to all of you, just in case you aren’t aware of him already. Michael has been called “a marketing guru” by the Wall Street Journal and [...]
Work Out: The Experiment
There are many you that have recognized how ludicrous it is to be doing virtual work in a prescribed physical location. You’ve even realized that you could be more effective and productive if you made the decisions about when and where you worked, as long as the work gets done. Once you’re in this mindset, [...]
Behind the Scenes
It was July 2003 when the sparks first flew. We met each other and knew right away that we were up to no good (at least not the kind of “good” that would be rewarded in the corporate structure we were in!). During our first day of conversation, we had decided to walk [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
