I play many roles for CultureRx, but primarily ensure sure our clients’ needs are met. This can be fun and challenging at the same time. A few weeks ago, I received an email that was signed “Forever grateful.” This one almost brought me to tears and makes the struggles to help companies adopt a Results-Only [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ROWE’
CultureRx Joins Fight Against Cancer
Minneapolis, MN (September 19, 2011) — CultureRx, the consulting company formed by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson to migrate organizations to a Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE), is pleased to announce that the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has migrated to a ROWE. Created by Ressler and Thompson while at Best Buy, ROWE is a [...]
ROWE Is Success
Oh, you courageous rebel rousers you. I know talking about ROWE can be frustrating. I know explaining ROWE can feel like it’s you against the entire world of work. I also know every one of those conversations is necessary. Funny thing, I still go through the pains and strains of explaining ROWE during migrations and [...]
Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency Going ROWE
We are pleased to announce Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency (PLAEA) is going ROWE. PLAEA signed on with CultureRx to implement ROWE with its Triad Teams. The education agency will implement ROWE through a “Fastrack session” in August 2011. A Fastrack session is led by an experienced CultureRx facilitator who thoroughly explains ROWE and gives [...]
Small Blessings Takes Big Step
We are pleased to announce Indianapolis-based childcare provider, Small Blessings, is going ROWE. The 40-employee organization will migrate to ROWE through a “Fastrack” one-day session in August 2011. The Fastrack session is led by an experienced CultureRx facilitator who thoroughly explains ROWE and gives participants the tools they need to incorporate ROWE into their workplace. [...]
ROWE Will Never Work
“Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances.” — Dr. Lee DeForest, “Father of Radio & Grandfather of Television.” “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” — Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 “I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the [...]
OMG. WTF? Pt.4
I couldn’t wait to read Michelle Symons article, Why Project Management and ROWE Don’t Mix, because my first thought was ‘why can’t project managers focus on results?’ ROWE is about one thing: achieving results. How an employee or team accomplishes results is completely up to them. The method in which meet, collaborate and hit deadlines [...]
ROWE in The Line
Special thanks to Jeremey Stratton and all the good people at The Line for their work on this recent story about ROWE. A snipet: “It’s a testament again to ROWE working anywhere,” says Ressler, “any area of the world, any industry, because people are just drawn to the fact that we need to start approaching [...]
Stop Using The F Word
ROWE is not flexibility. ROWE is not a flexible work arrangement. ROWE is not flex-time. The only “F word” that best describes ROWE is freedom. We understand people who have no control over how they work or are forever asking permission to live their life may see “flexibility” as a ray of hope. It’s not. [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
