Everyone, I would like to e-introduce you to Rob Fanshawe. He has enthusiastically been implementing ROWE in Singapore. Yes, SINGAPORE!

Rob is Managing Director at Xpand Singapore, a Technology, Media, and Communications (TMC) specialized recruitment search & selection, outsourcing and research solutions provider. Xpand provides TMC permanent, TMC contract, cost efficient RPO and value-add services to local market leaders, blue chip and Fortune 500 businesses. Clients are business focused on the benefits and competitive advantage of attracting and retaining top talent by deploying innovative resource solutions. Xpand’s expertise, innovative proprietary systems, and specialist market knowledge helps us deliver talent solutions beyond the usual recruitment remit and where others fail. This reduces cost, maximizes revenues, frees up key resources and allows focus on core business, helping people and business realize their potential despite tight markets.

How did Rob find about ROWE? What is his grand plan? He explains….

“My interest in ROWE stems from working in a highly progressive and dynamic company well aligned to my own values. We are always looking at how to improve ourselves and the culture is one of collaboration and ideas so it doesn’t surprise me that this has evolved here. Our journey started when I was sent the link of Dan Pink’s talk on today’s work environments and it stemmed from there. I got in touch with Cali & Jody and the more I dug and understood, the more I got excited about the possibilities for Xpand to make that final jump from Results Orientated to ROWE. Even in a liberal and modern businesses like Xpand, as a sales business, consultants are often micro managed on activity and results but are not empowered by trust and freedom unless they are ‘top biller’ or some other such title. I always knew there were limitations involved in the disconnect between micro managed KPIs and motivating staff. That disconnect can never be mended but I realized ROWE would flip things to mean that the staff could connect with their results in a more positive and motivational manner through ROWE.

My ROWE plan was taken after advice from Cali and started with introducing the idea to the rest of the Xpand management team. I then sought and received approval from the CEO of our parent Group to proceed in Singapore as a pilot run. As we are a small, relatively new (3 years) but growing satellite office it seemed the perfect place to start our Xpand ROWE journey. After further advice from Cali I purchased the The ROWE Launch Kit. During this time I conducted all the pre-migration work. The team enjoyed it and was super excited. We have had many “Aha!” moments and even in an open, relatively free, results orientated work environment, the step to ROWE is still large and fraught with both emotional and logistical challenges we are overcoming every day as we progress.”

Now we will all get to experience a ROWE migration with Rob and his team at Xpand in Singapore. Next week, Rob shares his experience about the ROWE KickOff Session! Stay tuned….

Tags: ROWE, Singapore, Xpand