Recently, we enjoyed the pleasure of being interviewed by Jared Shelly for Human Resource Executive Online / Human Resource Executive Magazine. We discussed work ethic, the sense of freedom in a ROWE, teamwork, and how ROWE is impacting human resources. We also want to thank everyone who contributed their time and insight to the story. [...]
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ROWE On NPR
Last week, ROWE was featured in a three part series on NPR reported by Jennifer Ludden. We know a lot of you had the opportunity to listen to it. You also shared some very kind and encouraging words on our Facebook Page and Tweeted us too. Thank you! Thank you for your support and belief [...]
CO2 Interview
Just recently, Cali and Jody were interviewed by Gary Cohen, a Leadership Coach for executive coaching firm CO2 Partners. CO2 Partners is a group of experienced, entrepreneurial-minded executive coaches with complementary skills and a shared passion for elevating others in their leadership journey. Gary is upbeat, highly knowledgeable of the demand for organizational leadership to [...]
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 [...]
The New York Times
Flexible Work in a Recession The American Society of Human Resource Managers found that while the number of companies offering things like flextime, part-time and telecommuting schedules had been increasing steadily leading up to the down-turn, the latest measure showed a drop of five percent. But there are some exceptions to that trend — places [...]
London Evening Standard
Rise of the results-oriented work environment Companies that bother to consider their employees’ difficulties balancing work with the rest of their lives tend to nibble at the problem. Imagine instead a job where all that mattered was your results. Not the hours you spent at your desk or the number of meetings you attended but [...]
Business Week
Three years ago, I wrote a cover story about Best Buy’s radical experiment to reshape the workforce. The story told the tale of two HR subversives who started a stealth movement among Best Buy’s headquarters employees to work wherever and whenever they wanted.
Our cover story on this smashing the clock phenom said it all: “No schedules. No meetings. No joke.” The idea was that work should be measured in output, not hours. Performance should be based on results, not face time.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune
Leading a cultural revolution After creating a results-focused workplace model at Best Buy, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson left to promote the idea through their company, CultureRx. When Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson set out to change corporate culture, it was an inside job. Read More >
PBS Night Business Report
Working for Balance – Results-Only Work Environment How would you like to work in a place where there are no schedules, no mandatory meetings, and you have the freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want as long as you get your work done? Well, that’s the policy at Best Buy (BBY), thanks to [...]
Forbes
Viva La Workplace Revolution It could start with one team, which could consist of 20 people in an organization. It’s something that usually bubbles up from the bottom ranks of the organization, because individual contributors are unhappy with the way that work is happening today. They want to live the lives they want, and usually [...]
Modern Working Environment: Tools & Techniques for Virtual Managers
June 13, 12 p.m. CDT
