Archive for the ‘Time’ Category
Nov 23 » by Jody
I was worried about the Holidays coming up and how we were all going to achieve work/life balance during the bustle of the next two months. Was someone going to drop work/life balance in our Christmas stockings? Or, maybe we’d win the lottery and wouldn’t have to work. That’s possible! But then I saw Tav [...]
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Tags: apps, Black Friday, iPhone, ROWE, Thanksgiving, time managment, vacation time
Posted in Balance, Management, Overtime, ROWE, Technology, Time, Work-Life | 12 Comments »
Oct 30 » by Cali & Jody
The latest update from D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer is all about moving full steam ahead and discussing the employee focus group findings, which were conducted by CultureRx. The concern about the impact the newly elected Mayor may have on the future of ROWE at OCTO was also addressed. Bryan Sivak, the D.C. [...]
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Tags: D.C.’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, government, Human resources, OCTO, ROWE, ROWE migration, social change
Posted in Government, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Time, Work culture, Work redefined | No 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 »
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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
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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 »
Oct 11 » by Jody
If you’re feeling overworked, burned out, and overall disengaged, we have a solution for you to make your booboo all better. The Ice Cream Man! Remember when you were a kid and you could hear the Ice Cream truck coming? You’d run inside frantically looking for loose change – or if you were lucky, you’d [...]
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Tags: adults, control, ice cream, results, ROWE, scream room, Time, workplace amenities
Posted in Balance, Effective management, Flexibility, Health and wellness, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Technical change, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work-Life | 21 Comments »
Jul 28 » by Michael Barata
I’m a huge music lover. Whenever possible, I’m playing it or listening to it. The other day, a few songs grabbed my attention. The lyrics got me thinking. “When you believe in things you don’t understand, then you suffer” ~ Stevie Wonder, Superstition After listening to Stevie sing that hook, I found myself thinking about [...]
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Tags: Music, needs v. wants, ROWE, Sara Bareilles, Stevie Wonder
Posted in ROWE, Time, Work Environment, Work-Life | 1 Comment »
Jul 8 » by Jody
I’m perplexed. Yes, it happens. There’s a belief people have the right to have a job. And because of that right, we need to protect them. Make sure that they are able to keep that job because of that right. If it’s a right to have a job, then does that mean even if I [...]
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Tags: results, rights, ROWE, worker protection
Posted in Labor law, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Time, Work culture, Work-Life | 1 Comment »
Jul 5 » by Cali & Jody
Get with the program and try to follow the logic, people!
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Tags: ideas, ROWE, running and thoughts, Time
Posted in Health and wellness, Meetings, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Time, Work-Life | 9 Comments »
Jun 28 » by Jody
Have you ever pushed your Mom (Dad, Guardian) to the brink? Pushed them to the point that they finally exclaimed, “Because I’m the MOM, that’s why!” Welcome to a ROWE. You are all out there pushing your managers to the brink. Why can’t I work from home? Why can’t I leave early, come in late, [...]
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Tags: permission, prison, results, ROWE, workplace tyranny
Posted in Balance, Management, ROWE, Time, Work Environment, Work-Life | 5 Comments »
