Archive for the ‘Stress’ Category
Jan 2 » by Cali & Jody
[Hi there! Thanks for reading the blog. We wanted to let you know about our radio show coming up this week. We're pretty excited about it. The show is on BlogTalkRadio, and Jody and Cali will be chatting live about Managing the Virtual Workforce this Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 12 central. Click here to bookmark [...]
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Posted in Accountability, Availability, Balance, Communication, Effective management, Health and wellness, Presenteeism, Productivity, Stress, Technology, Tracking Time, Work culture | 10 Comments »
Mar 6 » by Michael Barata
We always enjoy sharing ROWE stories with you. However, we also receive stories from non-ROWErs, which are often oozing with Sludge. Following is a Sludgey story with an optimistic ending. Kat Coolbaugh-Steiner, from Drums, PA, shares her story about Sludge, timing, and moving on…. Sludge. What a spectacular term for what I have been swimming [...]
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Tags: life, office politics, ROWE, Why Work Sucks and How To Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution, workplace stress
Posted in Effective management, Health and wellness, Management, ROWE, ROWE stories, Sludge, Stress, The book, Why Work Sucks, Work culture, Work Environment, Work-Life | 18 Comments »
Feb 22 » by Jody
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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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 »
Oct 25 » by Jody
In a Forbes interview with Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld, she spoke of choices we need to make when balancing our work and lives. Specifically she states, “. . . if there’s an important event in your child’s life or there is something that you need to do, do it. I think you can do it [...]
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Tags: Forbes, Irene Rosenfeld, Jody Thompson, Kraft, results, ROWE, work life choices
Posted in Effective management, Flexibility, Management, ROWE, Stress, Time, Why Work Sucks, Work culture, Work Environment, Work-Life | 21 Comments »
Sep 29 » by Cali
Michael Salamey shares 3 personal challenges he did not expect when he became part of a Results Only Work Environment.
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Tags: 3 challenges of going ROWE, Michael Salamey, ROWE, ROWE challenges
Posted in Miscellaneous, ROWE mindset, ROWE stories, Stress, Work-Life | 12 Comments »
Jun 8 » by Jody
Hey, would you like to be free? No, thanks. Would you like to live the life you’ve always dreamed of? No, thanks. Would you like to be unshackled from the chains of the 8-5 workplace? Cubeland? An outdated industrial age model? From PRISON? No, thanks. How about some ice cream? Yes, please! We’re always surprised [...]
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Tags: Freedom, institutionalized, life, personal discovery, ROWE
Posted in Future of ROWE, Health and wellness, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Stress, Work redefined, Work-Life | 7 Comments »
Jun 3 » by Michael Barata
This blog post is from a former practicing attorney who discovered the freedom of ROWE… Like many of my peers, I spent my college years believing that I truly “could have it all.” This feminist mantra propelled me through college, jettisoned me to law school, and compelled me to private law practice. “Yes,” I sighed [...]
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Tags: law, raising a family, ROWE
Posted in ROWE, ROWE stories, Stress, The book, Work-Life | 8 Comments »
Apr 29 » by Michael Barata
The $1,000,000 question: How can I can convince my company to go ROWE? Depending on your organization’s current culture, the path to a ROWE will vary. Unfortunately, the path does not always lead to a ROWE. Many of you may remember my year and a half long battle with my employer, which did not result [...]
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Tags: ROWE, Work culture, Work-Life
Posted in Balance, Management, ROWE, ROWE stories, Stress, Work culture, Work Environment, Work-Life | 12 Comments »
Feb 11 » by Michael Barata
I live in northeastern PA and as I write this blogpost, I am also watching my car be devoured by this insane blizzard. It’s crazy out there! However, I am at ease. Because thats how I ROWE. And yet… I realize many of you were shown no leniency, no compassion, no common sense from your [...]
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Posted in Effective management, Face time, Stress | 10 Comments »
Oct 19 » by Cali & Jody
Great piece from Slate‘s Farhad Manjoo about the tyranny of corporate computer control. If you’ve spent any time in corporate America, you know the IT drill: You’re blocked from Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, etc. You can’t use popular browsers like Firefox. You can’t share documents using Google docs, IM or other programs that foster collaboration. As [...]
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Posted in ROWE mindset, Stress, Work culture, Workplace trends | 7 Comments »
