By: Michael Barata As you all get ready to celebrate the start of a new year, we ask that you be courageous in 2010! Believe in yourself. Chances are, you have already proven you can be successful in a ROWE. The path to a ROWE can be difficult at times, but always rewarding. The conversations [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Pitfalls of Utah’s Four-Day Workweek
We wrote this post, with hope, back on 12/27/2009. Following is the original post and an update…. In August 2008, the state of Utah experimented with a four-day workweek in an effort to save energy costs. Out of the state’s 24,000 executive branch employees, 17,000 moved to a 10-hours/day, four-day workweek. Early reports were good, [...]
My Gift to You
By: Michael Barata I want to thank all of you who follow, support, and help further the ROWE movement. Your interest, your voices, and your actions all contribute to this much needed, transformational, social change. And trust me - there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Just a short time ago, I also felt lost, [...]
Workplace Holiday Wish List
Interesting piece from CNN.com on what people want from their boss for the holidays: If she could have anything in the (professional) world, Catherine K., a worker who asked to remain anonymous, wishes her boss would uphold his end of their professional agreement. “If you could actually give me a performance review this year, that [...]
The ROWE In You
By: Michael Barata When most people consider ROWE, the first instinct is to try and imagine how it will work within their organization. The problem with that approach is that ROWE is not meant to be buddied up with an organization’s current culture or modified to be compatible with a particular policy (such as flextime) [...]
Why Is Low Employee Morale Morally Acceptable?
According to a new Careerbuilder.com survey, almost a quarter of American workers are suffering from low morale. The survey found that Two in five said stress levels were high Half had their workload increase in the past six months Two in five felt they were on the bad end of departmental favoritism A quarter did [...]
Everything Is Just Fine
By: Michael Barata We acknowledge the existence of organizations sporting positive work cultures. What we wonder is how much influence YOU had/have on creating and tweaking the culture? It’s not really a culture if you are not allowed to shape it as it best suits you to get the work done. More often than not, [...]
Dude, Where's My Case Study?
This post from Seth Godin about the importance of analogy rang extra true with us. In the early days of ROWE, we were constantly asked if we had any case studies to back up our new way of approaching work. How could there possibly be a study of something that was brand new? Of course, [...]
How Are You Available?
By: Michael Barata When “being available” is discussed in a ROWE, “the pushback” can be pretty intense. Let’s take a look at what it means to be available today. Not considering your professional resources, most (and most = millions) of people have one, some, or all of the following: cell phones (with voice mail and [...]
Twin Cities Business Journal
The Anti-Control Freaks The women who transformed Best Buy’s corporate culture now want to bring their revolution to your company. As consultants, Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler promise “ability, activism, and attitude” enough to transform the traditional workplace. Like a lot of self-employed people, Ressler and Thompson have no leased work space and no standard [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
