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What Is a Results-Only Work Environment?
A new management philosophy declares that giving employees complete control over their time is the best way to increase productivity in the workplace. How It Works As Ressler and Thompson put it in their book, “In a Results-Only Work Environment, people can do...
Tags: Team, Best Buy Co. Inc., Employee, Environment, Management Philosophy, ROWE, Team Management, Management, Lindsay Blakely, Results-Only Work Environment, Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson, Best Buy, BNET Briefing
Articles 2008-09-25
How to Get Results From Your Team
Ten tips from the creators of the Results-Only Work Environment, from their book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It. 1. Make meetings optional. Let people evaluate their need to participate. If they know they can make better use of ...
Tags: Team, Employee, Performance, Performance Management, E-mail, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Management, Results-Oriented Work Environment, ROWE, Best Buy, Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson, Corporate Culture, Workplace Management, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, authors of Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It
Articles 2008-09-26
Blowing Up Business As Usual
At some companies, employees skip meetings, set their own schedules, and take unlimited vacation time. Surprise: They also get more done.There's no shortage of approaches to organizational and performance management — from balanced scorecard and total quality management to management by walking around and rightsizing, just for starters. One of...
Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Balanced Scorecard, Performance Management, Quality, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Business Intelligence, Team Management, Marketing, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Results-Only Work Environment, Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson, Productivity, Organizational Management, Best Buy, Google, General Electric, Semco, Corporate Culture, BNET Feature Package
Articles 2008-09-26

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How to Manage in a Recession
During a downturn, the usual rules of the workplace change dramatically. Here's how to keep your team motivated and productive. Set the Tone Goal: Lower the anxiety level in the office by being candid about...
Tags: Team, Employee, Recession, Zappos, Yahoo Superstar Awards Program, Team Management, Management, Lindsay Blakely, Economy, Downturn, Zappos.com Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Crash Course
Articles 2008-06-23
How Best Buy Slays the Turnover Beast
Turnover at Best Buy fell eight percentage points to 60 percent last year, according to the company's recent earnings call. "The improvements in turnover were nationwide and at all levels ... and the most encouraging aspect of this progress is that these results came from specific, locally created strategies," said...
Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Turnover, Retail, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-04-16
"No Orders, No Secrets, No Big Shots"
Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson call it the "results-only work environment ROWE", where employees can do "whatever they want, whenever they want, as long as the work gets done." In the UK, businessman and author John Timpson calls it "upside down management",...
Tags: Timpson, Area Manager, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joanna Higgins
Blog posts 2008-10-01
Public can't get its fill of gastric bypass surgery; Heavy demand is tipping scale toward limits.(Special Report: Health Care)
Byline: MARY ELLEN PODMOLIK Shannon Thompson and his wife, Jody, weighed more than 400 pounds each when they called Spiegel Inc.'s human resources department two years ago to see if their health insurance covered gastric bypass surgery. Their p Byline:...
Tags: health care, insurance, surgeon, surgery, Thompson
Research articles 2003-08-18
Pace-setters Cardiff maintain their momentum
LONDON, England AFP — Cardiff moved five points clear at the top of the English Championship with a 4-0 rout of Wolverhampton. Riccardo Scimeca opened the scoring at Ninian Park after the visitors had defender Gary Breen sent off for a clash with Steven Thompson. An own goal from Jody...
Tags: Agence France-Presse
Research articles 2006-09-30
March of Dimes Announces 2006 Volunteer Leadership; Local and State Board Members Named
DENVER -- The March of Dimes today announced its volunteer leadership for 2006. Members of the Denver metro area board elected for 2006 are: Meghan Depsky Aardex Corporation; Jane Gibbs (Colorado OB/GYN Society); Jamie Glonek Colorado Apartment Association; Don Hall Colorado Access; Sharon Langendoerfer, MD Denver Health Medical Center; Linda...
Tags: March of Dimes
Research articles 2006-02-16
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