Change the way you think about work (and life) by focusing on results and only results Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It shows how the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) mindset can make you or your organization more entrepreneurial, more connected with the broader trends in your industry, and more willing to take smart risks. It explains how to set clear expectations and focus on the endpoint as opposed to managing the process that gets you there. With eyes set on getting rid of distractions, long meetings, and unnecessary updates, this book offers quick, everyday strategies to experience huge increases in productivity (without adding resources) and dramatic drops in turnover. Authors Ressler and Thompson began their work together at Best Buy where they are credited with revolutionizing the workplace Reframes thinking away from counting on general availability (Where's Bob?) to creating clear expectations (Does Bob know exactly what's expected of him?) Explains how to reduce the number of meetings while increasing their quality Shows how to eliminate scheduled events in order to increase critical thinking and improve communication ROWE is a bold, cultural transformation that permeates the attitudes and operating style of an entire workplace, leveling the playing field and giving people complete autonomy to manage their measurable results using adult common sense.

Change the way you think about work (and life) by focusing onresults--and only resultsWhy Managing Sucks and How to Fix It shows how theResults-Only Work Environment (ROWE) mindset can make you or yourorganization more entrepreneurial, more connected with the broadertrends in your industry, and more willing to take smart risks. Itexplains how to set clear expectations and focus on the endpoint asopposed to managing the process that gets you there. With eyes seton getting rid of distractions, long meetings, and unnecessaryupdates, this book offers quick, everyday strategies to experiencehuge increases in productivity (without adding resources) anddramatic drops in turnover.* Authors Ressler and Thompson began their work together at BestBuy where they are credited with revolutionizing the workplace* Reframes thinking away from counting on general availability(Where's Bob?) to creating clear expectations (Does Bob knowexactly what's expected of him?)* Explains how to reduce the number of meetings while increasingtheir quality* Shows how to eliminate scheduled events in order to increasecritical thinking and improve communicationROWE is a bold, cultural transformation that permeates theattitudes and operating style of an entire workplace, leveling theplaying field and giving people complete autonomy--to managetheir measurable results using adult common sense.

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 1Chapter 1 Wake Up! Go Beyond Telework 21Creating an Accountability Culture by Karren Fink 55Chapter 2 Motivate Me. No Pizza Party, Please 63The Importance of Trust by Bryan Sivak 98Chapter 3 S.M.A.R.T. Goals ¼ Senseless Minutia Against Random Tasks 105Down with Billable Hours, Up with Results by Otmara "Omi" Diaz-Cooper and Todd Cooper 137Chapter 4 24/7 Kicks 9-5's Ass 143Focus on What Matters by Greg Watt 169Chapter 5 No More Bullshit Meetings. Period. 177Delighting the Customer by Ronnie Wooten 201Chapter 6 Results. Not for Every Job? 207Results-Only Competency-Based Education by Jeff Herzberg 237ROWE in the Public Sector by Nancy Dietl Griffin 244Epilogue 256About the Authors 272Index 273