Working for a Workaholic — A Guide for New Managers
So, your boss is a workaholic and expects you to emulate them? Whether that means working ridiculous hours, inhaling lunch at your desk, or regularly sacrificing your weekends; reporting to a person like this can be taxing on both your career and home life. Not to mention the negative impact on your time to write […]
Why Politicians Around the World Are Calling for a Four-Day Work Week
group of business figures, trade union leaders, and left-wing politicians from across the world are calling for shorter workers’ hours to be introduced in response to the covid pandemic while maintaining full-time pay. The group detailed its arguments in a letter sent to leaders of the UK, US, Germany, Spain, New Zealand, and the Republic […]
What Happened When Versa Gave Employees Every Wednesday Off
Profits doubled, revenue grew by 46%, and staff retention went from 77% to 88% Since 2018, digital marketing agency Versa has locked its doors every Wednesday. The initiative was the idea of Versa’s chief executive and founder, Kath Blackham, who was looking for a way to give people greater flexibility in an industry notorious for […]
A Four-Day Work Week With No Loss in Pay Is Affordable for Most Firms
A study of 54,000 firms supports shorter work weeks What if the economy moved to a four-day workweek tomorrow, with no preparation, no guiding policies, and no government subsidies? Would businesses remain profitable, or would whole industries collapse? That is what researchers at Autonomy, a UK-based think tank campaigning for a shorter work week and […]
Lessons from a Company That’s Been Remote Working Successfully Since 2014
7 tips to help your team thrive when working remotely Before the lockdowns hit the US, in March just 2% of office workers logged on from home. By May, more than two-thirds of Americans were remote working. In July 2020, Lenovo published findings from a global study of 20,000 office workers. Despite covid-19 distractions, 63% […]
What Happened When This Company Switched to a Five Hour Workday
Revenues increased, productivity improved, but people also left Stephan Aarstol founded his own business in 2010. You might remember him as the guy who froze during his 2012 pitch on ABC’s Shark Tank but still walked off with $150,000 from Mark Cuban. Today, he runs a successful online paddle-board business, based out of San Diego, […]
MIT Study of 76 Companies Reveals No Meeting Days Boost Team Productivity by 73%
A 5 step plan you can use to implement a no-meeting day in your organization You’re not imagining it, we’re all having too many meetings. The average knowledge worker spends 23 hours a week in meetings. Since shifting to remote and hybrid working, meetings have steadily increased in duration and frequency, with people attending 13 […]