New Fall Editorial Package, "Blowing up 'Business as Usual'," Looks at
Why Skipping Meetings and Taking Unlimited Vacation Time Can Actually
Increase
Company Productivity
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- BNET (http://www.bnet.com), a Web site
that provides information and tools to help business managers succeed at
work, and a property of CBS Interactive, today announced a new fall
editorial package, "Blowing up 'Business as Usual',". The in-depth
editorial report explores how a radical workplace philosophy, the
Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE), is gaining traction in the executive
ranks. Pioneered at $40 billion retailer Best Buy, ROWE lets employees set
their own schedules, take unlimited vacation time, and even skip meetings.
The real surprise? Productivity at the company is up 35 percent.
The ROWE method - as well as other unconventional approaches to
organizational management - is getting attention at an opportune moment:
independent-minded Gen X and Millennial employees, who are clamoring for
flex-time schedules and a better work/life balance, are filling the ranks
of corporate cultures across the country. Plus, as work becomes something
that can be done anywhere, anytime, the notion that employees should work
on an 8-5 schedule is becoming outdated and unproductive.
"Corporate cultures are changing dramatically to meet the needs of a
new generation of employees," said Jeff Davis, executive editor at BNET.
"Increasingly, managers need to find new ways to keep their talent pool
deep and as productive as it can be in this shifting environment, and this
new editorial series highlights how a few leading companies are approaching
that need."
BNET's editorial fall package includes:
-- What Is a Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)? - A profile of the work
model, ROWE, and a look at its early beginnings at Best Buy
-- The End of Time-Based Management? -- A Q&A with Tammy Erickson,
author of several books, including "Retire Retirement: Career
Strategies for the Boomer Generation," where she gives BNET her
honest assessment of ROWE
-- How to Get ROWE Working For Your Team - A list of the top ten tips any
business manager can do right now to kick the habit of old-fashioned,
time-based management and get teams focused on results
-- Four Radically Different Cultural Models: Best Buy, Google, General
Electric, and Semco - A snapshot view of different people management
models like Best Buy's "everyday-is-Saturday" mentality,
Google's "whimsical idea factory," General
Electric's "ruthless meritocracy" and Semco's
"extreme democracy"
In addition, BNET has several other recent articles aimed at helping
business managers in the workplace environment:
-- Managing Millennials - This highly successful series teaches business
managers how to recruit and understand a new working class of employees,
about 80 million members of Generation Y, also known as millennials
-- Master Your Multitasking - A personal productivity expert helps business
managers master the skill of multitasking by using a specific
time-management system
-- Managing a Remote Team - This BNET "Crash Course" helps
business managers learn how to keep remote employees engaged and
productive in today's workplace consisting of work-at-home
employees and outsourced jobs
About BNET.com
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trusted resources for the business challenges they face every day, and
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