New Year’s Resolutions, Part 2
January 2nd, 2008 by Cali & Jody
This was so exciting we almost forgot to post it: we recently appeared in Lisa Belkin’s “Life’s Work” column in The New York Times. She wanted our take on what the big bosses should resolve to do to make their workplaces better in 2008.
Here’s the link to the whole thing (subscription required).
Here’s the part that’s just about us:
“Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson also favor shaking up the workplace. In the last few years, they have polished a simple but revolutionary concept called Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) based on the idea that workplaces operate best when employees come and go on their own schedules. Their approach is already in force at Best Buy, and they chronicle its effects in their blog, caliandjody.com.
When I asked for resolutions, they wrote a manifesto that a business leader might do well to sign: I, important C.E.O., resolve to stop saying things like “people are our most important asset” and start doing something about it.
I resolve to listen to what employees of all levels need to live their lives, and then not dismiss what they say because it makes me uncomfortable.
I resolve to stop thinking that people’s lives outside of work are at odds with their lives at work.
I resolve to start putting results first and the clock second.
Oh, and it wouldn’t hurt to get to the gym a little more often.”
Good advice, yes?
