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5 ways to manage better without cheap recognition tricks

Reg 220 after the rapture by quinn.anya When you lay off millions of workers, management does it to save money and to try and maintain profitability. Too often, however, the amount of work stays the same, forced now on the remaining workers. While the Wall Street Journal notes that ” rewards for extra work comes… Continue Reading

Time management: working hours does not equal hours worked

Note from Scot: While on vacation, I’ve asked some of my favorite business bloggers to share their knowledge with you here on Cube Rules. To start us off is Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, of Cali and Jody and the creators of the Results Only Work Environment. And while Kate and I are on vacation,… Continue Reading

Why SMART Goals are needed in a flexible work environment

In a flexible work environment, you need a way to determine the work output of the people involved in the flexible work environment. If you can’t “see” the person doing the work, how do you know they are getting the work done? Enter SMART goals While managers will often say they support a flexible work… Continue Reading

SMART Goals does not equal Smart Management

The most popular articles on this site relate to SMART Goals — how to construct them, measure them, use them in performance reviews and how to track SMART Goals. Since most major companies use something similar to SMART Goals, you’d think that both management and employees would have a good sense as to results driven… Continue Reading

Why Work Sucks – The interview, part 1

There is a revolutionary approach to work out there: a Results Only Work Environment. It’s changing the time and presence approach for results to, well, results. You can learn about this in The Case for a Results Only Work Environment. I was impressed and wanted to interview Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, the creators of… Continue Reading