by Scott Anderson | Aug 20, 2015 | Coaching, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
I recently wrote about how remote workers and telecommuting have become a standard part of the new world of work. When supported by great internal communication as well as the right technological tools, these practices can be a net benefit for employees and leadership...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 19, 2015 | Leadership, Workplace Culture
Forget about millennials. Today’s employees, no matter what generation they are of, are seeking a kind of support from their employers that previous generations of workers and managers could not conceptualize. It’s all part of the changing dynamics of the world of...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 14, 2015 | Leadership, Workplace Issues
In the new economy, an increasingly large number of workers are independent or working from home. It is a place where teams can function together in totally different parts of the globe. But in a situation where collaboration is expected out of people who probably...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 12, 2015 | Workplace Issues
Lately I’ve been reading, thinking, and talking more about the future of work, what conditions are enabling it, and how individuals and organizations can best prepare to function at a high level within it. Today I want to outline a few statistics that really...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 7, 2015 | Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
Entrepreneurship is in our blood. Bootstrapping, pivoting, and making something out of nothing make up the meat of the glory stories that define the evolution of the American economy. But it wasn’t always as sexy and desirable as it is today. Today there are TV shows,...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 5, 2015 | Essential Reading, Workplace Issues
The title of this blog is an inversion of the dominant notion in the business world of “customers first,” or “the customer is always right.” It’s also the title of a new, bestselling book by Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, one of the largest IT outsourcing...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 3, 2015 | Workplace Culture
The future of work is shaping up to be a place of contractors more than tenured, salaried workers. It’s already trending that way. A large part of this evolution is the increase in remote workers in teams across a huge variety of industries. People will do jobs on a...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 29, 2015 | Coaching
I think coaching has historically been considered as a one-on-one, in-person interaction like going to the doctor or having a tennis lesson. You sit down for an hour, talk, listen, get the wheels turning, then get in your car and go home. Today it’s becoming...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 24, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
Readiness is a strange concept. Getting ready for work or to make dinner? No problem. But when it comes to making big moves in our personal lives and careers, it can feel like something more extreme and terrifying like base jumping or skydiving. Do I really want to do...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 22, 2015 | Coaching, Leadership, Workplace Issues
Maybe you’ve heard about the new trend in management / organizational structure called “Holacracy.” It sounds like some sort of mystical cult but is actually a revolutionary step towards the future of work. In it, organizations typically managed by a traditional...
