When Meredith Wood wrote the guest post Giving Employees Freedom to Inspire Creativity she opened up a rich dialog on The People Equation about the benefits of companies who adopt the “ROWE” (Results-Only Work Environment) philosophy. Meredith works for Funding Gates, an online receivables management platform for small businesses. As a tech start up, Funding…
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Giving Employees Freedom to Inspire Creativity
A guest post by Meredith Wood This morning, on the subway headed to work, I heard this announcement overhead: “We are being held momentarily because of train traffic ahead, please be patient.” Most New Yorkers know this sound all too well. What they also know is that quite often that “momentarily” really means 10 or…
Graceful Leadership – 101 Managerial Tips
For a few years I’ve followed Tanmay Vora on several social media sites. He’s based in the Indian city of Ahmedabad and is a prolific leadership blogger. I really enjoy his writing. The other day he sent me a message asking if I’d care to share his new free e-book Graceful Leadership with my readers. The…
5 Ways to Get Your Team to Speak Up
At a staff meeting Trina, a leader in an I.T. department, asks for a status update on a high-visibility project. There is a brief silence. Then Michael speaks up— “It’s behind schedule. I’m concerned that we’re not going to meet the beta test projections. What do you think?” Trina gives this some thought and counters…
Command and Control Just Won’t Die
For nearly two decades, management gurus have been heralding the death of the “command and control” mentality in Corporate America. Personally, I think it’s very much alive. Over a year ago, I wrote that the so-called “death” of command and control management is nothing but an urban legend. Now, a recent article on the Forbes.com…