Raising the Bar Podcast (2023)
Raise the Bar: Fostering Trust Through Candor in Leadership (located on Spotify)
- In today’s episode, Rod Lacey, the Chief People Officer at Simpro, a private SaaS company that provides cloud-based job and project management software to those in field service and trade contracting industries, introduces the concept of fostering trust through candor as a people leader. We dive deep into the 90-second rule, how to identify a great manager, tips for leading + serving teams across a multicultural organization, 3 questions to ask yourself efore making an investment as a people leader, and more.
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (5 of 5)
Program Launch & Success, Why Did We Stop? If you are considering exploring a 4-day workweek, there are individuals (like me) and organizations ready to assist you as you determine if a program like this is something you could make work. Discussions on this topic will only increase over the next few years, as its…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (4 of 5)
Company Financial Impact To explore the economic impact of launching a 4-day workweek pilot, we need everyone with a fancy calculator or spreadsheet to pause the calculations for just a minute. It is far too easy to take an average rate of pay and multiply it by the number of hours employees will not be…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (3 of 5)
Which type of roles are right for a 4-day workweek? I think it’s fair to say that not every role may be right for a 4-day workweek. My organization was a SaaS company, so my examples may not effectively extend to the manufacturing, warehousing or retail world – although I would not rule-out the lessons…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (2 of 5)
What type of employee is right for a 4-day workweek? To further explain this element of the 4-day workweek, I need to set the stage with the expectations that were shared with our employees at the launch of the program. Employees were told that we would adjust to 4 days per week (32 hours), but…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (1 of 5)
Before I begin what will be a multiple post overview of my experience with the 4-day workweek, let me provide the punchline for each of the posts: High Level Results I was hired, in part, by this company to run this new 4-day workweek program, which was very appealing to an HR veteran. I considered…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (5 of 5)
Program Launch & Success, Why Did We Stop? If you are considering exploring a 4-day workweek, there are individuals (like me) and organizations ready to assist you as you determine if a program like this is something you could make work. Discussions on this topic will only increase over the next few years, as its…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (4 of 5)
Company Financial Impact To explore the economic impact of launching a 4-day workweek pilot, we need everyone with a fancy calculator or spreadsheet to pause the calculations for just a minute. It is far too easy to take an average rate of pay and multiply it by the number of hours employees will not be…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (3 of 5)
Which type of roles are right for a 4-day workweek? I think it’s fair to say that not every role may be right for a 4-day workweek. My organization was a SaaS company, so my examples may not effectively extend to the manufacturing, warehousing or retail world – although I would not rule-out the lessons…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (2 of 5)
What type of employee is right for a 4-day workweek? To further explain this element of the 4-day workweek, I need to set the stage with the expectations that were shared with our employees at the launch of the program. Employees were told that we would adjust to 4 days per week (32 hours), but…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (1 of 5)
Before I begin what will be a multiple post overview of my experience with the 4-day workweek, let me provide the punchline for each of the posts: High Level Results I was hired, in part, by this company to run this new 4-day workweek program, which was very appealing to an HR veteran. I considered…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (5 of 5)
Program Launch & Success, Why Did We Stop? If you are considering exploring a 4-day workweek, there are individuals (like me) and organizations ready to assist you as you determine if a program like this is something you could make work. Discussions on this topic will only increase over the next few years, as its…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (4 of 5)
Company Financial Impact To explore the economic impact of launching a 4-day workweek pilot, we need everyone with a fancy calculator or spreadsheet to pause the calculations for just a minute. It is far too easy to take an average rate of pay and multiply it by the number of hours employees will not be…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (3 of 5)
Which type of roles are right for a 4-day workweek? I think it’s fair to say that not every role may be right for a 4-day workweek. My organization was a SaaS company, so my examples may not effectively extend to the manufacturing, warehousing or retail world – although I would not rule-out the lessons…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (2 of 5)
What type of employee is right for a 4-day workweek? To further explain this element of the 4-day workweek, I need to set the stage with the expectations that were shared with our employees at the launch of the program. Employees were told that we would adjust to 4 days per week (32 hours), but…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (1 of 5)
Before I begin what will be a multiple post overview of my experience with the 4-day workweek, let me provide the punchline for each of the posts: High Level Results I was hired, in part, by this company to run this new 4-day workweek program, which was very appealing to an HR veteran. I considered…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (5 of 5)
Program Launch & Success, Why Did We Stop? If you are considering exploring a 4-day workweek, there are individuals (like me) and organizations ready to assist you as you determine if a program like this is something you could make work. Discussions on this topic will only increase over the next few years, as its…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (4 of 5)
Company Financial Impact To explore the economic impact of launching a 4-day workweek pilot, we need everyone with a fancy calculator or spreadsheet to pause the calculations for just a minute. It is far too easy to take an average rate of pay and multiply it by the number of hours employees will not be…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (3 of 5)
Which type of roles are right for a 4-day workweek? I think it’s fair to say that not every role may be right for a 4-day workweek. My organization was a SaaS company, so my examples may not effectively extend to the manufacturing, warehousing or retail world – although I would not rule-out the lessons…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (2 of 5)
What type of employee is right for a 4-day workweek? To further explain this element of the 4-day workweek, I need to set the stage with the expectations that were shared with our employees at the launch of the program. Employees were told that we would adjust to 4 days per week (32 hours), but…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (1 of 5)
Before I begin what will be a multiple post overview of my experience with the 4-day workweek, let me provide the punchline for each of the posts: High Level Results I was hired, in part, by this company to run this new 4-day workweek program, which was very appealing to an HR veteran. I considered…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (5 of 5)
Program Launch & Success, Why Did We Stop? If you are considering exploring a 4-day workweek, there are individuals (like me) and organizations ready to assist you as you determine if a program like this is something you could make work. Discussions on this topic will only increase over the next few years, as its…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (4 of 5)
Company Financial Impact To explore the economic impact of launching a 4-day workweek pilot, we need everyone with a fancy calculator or spreadsheet to pause the calculations for just a minute. It is far too easy to take an average rate of pay and multiply it by the number of hours employees will not be…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (3 of 5)
Which type of roles are right for a 4-day workweek? I think it’s fair to say that not every role may be right for a 4-day workweek. My organization was a SaaS company, so my examples may not effectively extend to the manufacturing, warehousing or retail world – although I would not rule-out the lessons…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (2 of 5)
What type of employee is right for a 4-day workweek? To further explain this element of the 4-day workweek, I need to set the stage with the expectations that were shared with our employees at the launch of the program. Employees were told that we would adjust to 4 days per week (32 hours), but…
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The 4-Day Workweek Experiment (1 of 5)
Before I begin what will be a multiple post overview of my experience with the 4-day workweek, let me provide the punchline for each of the posts: High Level Results I was hired, in part, by this company to run this new 4-day workweek program, which was very appealing to an HR veteran. I considered…
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I’m Rod Lacey, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, a 30 year HR veteran who has experienced multiple industries and every imaginable employee situation. My Blog will be a collection of articles unique to this site, and reprints of other posts imported from LinkedIn and other social media. Enjoy!
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