I have always been a believer in working from the
office! When I started Nortec 23 years
ago and it was just me, I rented a small office and did not work from
home. I may be one of few entrepreneurs
to do this but I always enjoyed the separation and for me it is stress
management as well. Now I am like
everyone else in the information age doing emails from home and carrying my
mobile phone pretty much all the time. I
work at home on nights and weekends sometimes but I do try to keep this to a
minimum and focus on family and down time.
So I like to work from my office but does that mean it is
the right approach for others. The
approach we take at Nortec is that for the consultants and sales we are
flexible once they have been with the organization for a while. Everyone must come in at the beginning until
they are integrated and hitting their metrics.
I encourage everyone to continue to work from the office as often as
possible as it does help connect everyone with the occasional impromptu meeting. Of course these kind of meetings can be time
sinks as well so it is a double edged sword.
If someone is delivering top numbers in sales or top consultant in the
field there is tremendous latitude.
Overall my philosophy leans toward the showing up at the office.
Related Article:
The New York Sunday Times “Location,
Location, Location”
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