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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution Paperback – Bargain Price, December 15, 2010

by Cali Ressler (Author),‎ Jody Thompson (Author)

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Imagine a workplace where employees can do whatever they want whenever they want, as long as the work gets done. No more pointless meetings, racing to get in at 9:00, or begging for permission to watch your kid play soccer. You make the decisions about what you do and where you do it.

It sounds like a fantasy, but Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson are leading a movement to make it a reality at companies around the country. They show how a Results-Only Work Environment not only makes employees happier, but also delivers better results.

Filled with passion and common sense, their book will change the way you think about your job, your company, and your quality of life.

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"If you work, you need this book! Cali and Jody share the secrets of the most radical workplace experiment the Fortune 500 have ever seen. Want 35% greater productivity while going to the movies on a Wednesday afternoon or taking Fridays off? Make the switch from hours to outcomes."
-Timothy Ferriss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek

"ROWE is a chance for everyone to learn a better way to work. It encourages people to contribute rather than just show up and grind out their days."
-Brad Anderson, CEO, Best Buy (from the Foreword)

"Now, this changes everything. Buy this book. Act on what you read."
-Cindy Froggatt, author of Work Naked

"This is like TiVo for your work."
-BusinessWeek

"It is a fundamental shift away from 'face time' or 'chair time' to just one consideration: Did the employee get the job done?"
-Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"The freedom, employees say, is changing their lives. They don't know if they work fewer hours-they've stopped counting-but they are more productive."
-Time

"A remarkably persuasive and mind-bending book. Family-friendly, too."
-Joan Blades, cofounder MomsRising.org and Moveon.org

About the Author

Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson are the founders of CultureRx, a company that promotes their belief that there is a better way to work. They met at best buy, where they first created the Results-Only Work Environment.

Product details

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Portfolio Trade; Reprint edition (December 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591842921
ISBN-13: 978-1591842927
ASIN: B004Z8LOZS
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.7 x 8.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 35 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,663,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3519 in Books > Business & Money > Business Culture > Workplace Culture
- #7893 in Books > Business & Money > Business Culture > Motivation & Self-Improvement
- #8512 in Books > Business & Money > Management & Leadership > Motivational

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Will change how you manage, but feels padded.

January 13, 2015

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

So... a lot in this book changed how I think about managing employees. I had some preconceptions about whether a results only environment could work with the plans I had for mixing developers with different skill levels. I came away understanding how I plan to organize my company as we begin to expand. If you don't know anything about ROWE, pick up this book and read it.

So, why only 3 stars? The concepts covered in the book could be covered in a magazine article. Most of the book felt like a rah-rah sales effort on why the results only paradigm is so amazing. I understand that some people will need a lot of pushing to get away from managing by seat warmth, but I bought the book; clearly I was already sympathetic. I ended up skimming most of it.

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quick read. repetitive. good topic

May 31, 2013

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One good point made: a ROWE may look substantially the same as it did before; but a host of conversations and anxieties around time management are eliminated.
In my experience people who delivered stellar performance largely were exempt from external time management or detailed supervision.
Could it be that, those who have difficulty asking for liberty in their current environment have few compelling results to report?
Could it be that, those managers who have difficulty answering people who ask for liberty are themselves not stellar performers?
The discussions stirred by this book are stimulating and worth the effort.

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An eye opener to manage people

January 2, 2015

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This book is an eye opener for managers who always manage people based on time. Instead of time, managing by results ensures outcomes and also frees up people who can manage their time for their own better good. I recommend this book for people who are frustrated with no results from their team, have great attrition and always lose great talent. It is a radical approach verified at best buy and will transform businesses.

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Now It All Makes Sense

December 8, 2014

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If a ROWE is in your future, being employer or employee (and I hope it is), this is the Manifesto. Before I read this book, I read, "DRIVE" by Dan Pink, as a precursor. Pink's book discloses, with clinically tested facts, what motivates people. There is some seriously eye-opening facts revealed by the juxtaposition of what business uses to motivate employees, and what science has proven people really want.
"Work Sucks" takes that theory and places it squarely into the lives of every day workers in America. I can't imagine how serendipitous it was for these two young ladies to grasp this concept and persuade a company traded on the big board to adopt this theory, at least in the HR department.
I'm a results oriented kind of guy. I'm never concerned as much about "how we get there" in my company as I focus on, "Getting there". Knowing what the objective is; focusing on results.
When I read "Work Sucks...", I thought, this is what I've been trying to do for years. What I didn't get was, "manage the results, not the people". Once I got that, all the rest made sense.
I've owned and run a company for 32-years. In 2015 my employees will be thrilled to know that we will become an ROWE enterprise.
Notice to Cali and Jody, I'll see you next spring for certification.

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Great technique changed the way i manage my business

October 28, 2017

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Very radical but acceptable methodology helped me a lot. I am impatient to apply it.
Thanks for this great book

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I purchased this book for the CEO of the company I work for after reading my online copy

July 12, 2014

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I gave a copy to my CEO. My company is moving towards more remote work optoins, and I think the issue of "sludge" the author has pinpointed as counterproductive would be a great help in reducing negativity as employees work habits change.

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June 3, 2013

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This is a very interesting view of how to work in a new atmosphere from various locations. The title mentions something that many people hesitate to say and offers an alternative organizational style.

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Poorly written, but has a good point.

May 18, 2013

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I think the content is alright, but it was generally pretty thin and wandering. There could be a shorter and more academic documentation about their approach, but this exists as Best Buy's case study.

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good basic totrial on ROWE implementat

have liked this book for years, keep

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Blather, Blather

As someone who absolutely does believe ultimate results are what matter---BUT is currently fully observing precisely what happens when a team isn't held accountable, left to their...Read more

Published on March 28, 2015

This book repeats the same basic things over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. It even devotes a hefty amount of print to praise itself.Read more

Published on March 20, 2015

Andres Sanabria

Great concept but need more meat to be actionable

I felt the book was a description of the Best Buy success story. In that sense i felt the need to have a broader perspective to the subject beyond BestBuy.Read more

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You go to work and give everything you have – and you are treated like children who, if left unattended, will steal candy.Read more

Published on August 13, 2014

Whats the moral to this story?

Great, we get the idea but I bought the book to explain execution of the authors work anytime strategy. Needless to say I did not get this answer. :(

Published on June 25, 2014

One of those business books with a good idea, that gets repeated to justify printing a book. Worth a speed read.

Published on May 31, 2014

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This is a great concept and it challenges the status quo. Everyone who manages needs to read this and get on board, it is crucial to the success of a lot of companies moving...Read more

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