Life is interesting. Each day is new, and wonderfully unpredictable. That’s why flexible work schedules suck. Flexible schedules are inflexible and ‘flexible schedule’ is an oxymoron. But I digress. SUNTELL adopted ROWE after their 1-day Fastrack Migration on August 31st, 2010. A few months later, one of their employees, Ryan, went on his honeymoon and [...]
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Honeymoons Are Better In A ROWE
Feb 22 » by Jody
Tags: Flexibility, honeymoons, life, ROWE 1-Day Fastrack Migration, Sludge, stress, Suntell, teaming, vacation policies
Posted in Flexibility, Health and wellness, ROWE, ROWE Approved Companies, ROWE stories, Sludge, Stress, Teams, Work-Life | 4 Comments »
In a ROWE…
Dec 6 » by Cali & Jody
Michael Reynolds, President & CEO of SpinWeb, talks about the impact of ROWE on productivity and morale, our upcoming book, “Why Work Sucks and How To Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution“, and fireplaces…. The new paperback version of “Why Work Sucks and How To Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution” hits the streets December 15th, but [...]
Tags: Michael Reynolds, ROWE, Spinweb, Why Work Sucks and How To Fix It
Posted in Book news, Effective management, ROWE, ROWE stories, Technology, The book, Why Work Sucks, Work redefined, Work-Life | 8 Comments »
Why ROWE?
Dec 2 » by Cali & Jody
Brad Garland from Garland Heart Management Group talks about why he took his company ROWE. One way for you to find out even more about ROWE is by reading the new paperback version of “Why Work Sucks and How To Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution” which hits the streets December 15th, but you can pre-order [...]
Tags: ROWE, The Garland Group, Why Work Sucks and How To Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution
Posted in Book news, Effective management, Management, ROWE, ROWE stories, The book, Work redefined | 3 Comments »
ROLE On Update: Results-Only Evaluation
Nov 20 » by Michael Barata
Mark Barnes, who is being featured in our “ROLE On” series, is back with another update about his Results-Only Learning Environment. Today, he explains how he and the students evaluated assignments and projects… At the end of our first quarter in a Results Only Learning Environment, the time came to assign a letter grade to [...]
Tags: Dan Pink, education, innovation, Mark Barnes, paperless classroom, results-only learning environment, ROWE, teaching
Posted in Education, Future of ROWE, ROWE, ROWE stories, Technology | 15 Comments »
Another OCTO + ROWE Update
Oct 22 » by Cali & Jody
The latest update from D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer highlights metrics in a ROWE. You know, measuring the productivity of employees based on performance as opposed to counting hours or by the temperature of one’s chair. An excerpt: Defining “individual deliverables,” as Bryan Sivak, Washington, D.C.’s Chief Technology Officer calls them, is a [...]
Tags: D.C.’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, government, OCTO, ROWE, ROWE migration, social change
Posted in Effective management, Future of ROWE, Government, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, ROWE stories, Technology, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined, Workplace trends | 2 Comments »
Michael Reynolds on Technology & ROWE
Oct 19 » by Michael Barata
Michael Reynolds, President & CEO of SpinWeb, shares his insights about ROWE, technology, and supporting freedom! Top 10 ROWE office technologies Part of the fun of working in a ROWE is creating an infrastructure that supports the personal freedom that is characteristic of a ROWE. No longer do workers need to be chained to a [...]
Tags: efficient workplace, Freedom, Michael Reynolds, mobile technology, ROWE, Spinweb, support
Posted in Face time, Flexibility, Future of ROWE, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, ROWE stories, Technology, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined | 14 Comments »
OCTO + ROWE = Real Change
Oct 14 » by Cali & Jody
We are SO EXCITED to announce the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer has signed on to go ROWE. Their 550 employees will become the first agency in our nation’s Capitol government system to be a Results-Only Work Environment. We congratulate this courageous and forward-thinking decision to change the game. Following is an interview [...]
Tags: government, OCTO, ROWE, ROWE migration, social change
Posted in Effective management, Future of ROWE, Government, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, ROWE stories, Technology, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined | 9 Comments »
ROLE ON – 2nd Update
Oct 8 » by Michael Barata
You all remember Mark Barnes from the “ROLE On blog post“, right? Well, he is back with another update….. Mark shares… Over a month into the school year, the Results Only Learning Environment is firmly entrenched in my seventh-grade classroom. Although I’ve fielded a few questions from students about grades, for the most part the [...]
Tags: Dan Pink, education, innovation, Mark Barnes, paperless classroom, results-only learning environment, ROWE, teaching 2
Posted in Education, Future of ROWE, ROWE, ROWE stories | 13 Comments »
3 Unexpected Challenges of Going ROWE
Sep 29 » by Cali
Michael Salamey shares 3 personal challenges he did not expect when he became part of a Results Only Work Environment.
Tags: 3 challenges of going ROWE, Michael Salamey, ROWE, ROWE challenges
Posted in Miscellaneous, ROWE mindset, ROWE stories, Stress, Work-Life | 12 Comments »
ROLE On – 1st Update
Sep 2 » by Michael Barata
You all remember Mark Barnes from the “ROLE On blog post“, right? Well, he is back with an update….. Mark shares… We’re just six days into the school year, and my Results Only Learning Environment is taking off. My students are grasping the idea of emphasizing the results, rather than the method of achievement. I [...]
Tags: Dan Pink, education, innovation, Mark Barnes, paperless classroom, results-only learning environment, ROWE, teaching
Posted in Future of ROWE, ROWE, ROWE stories | 2 Comments »
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