Asynchronous Work
05/17/22 • 25 min
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WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? Asynchronous Work, also known as Async Work, is a fast-growing and popular way to engage your teams and workforce. As you listen, it may initially sound like this change won’t work for your business, but give it a chance - we think we’ll help change your mind. Async, which has elements of LEAN and AGILE methodologies is a great new process of workflow for career success and business growth - and how about them Moo’s!
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* Synchronous vs Asynchronous work examples
* How texting and on-line forums changed our work-flow
* Why an old episode of the US TV show ‘I Love Lucy’ nails it!
* An easy way to test if async work can work for you
* A great example of an Async Work document from GitLab
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
Async work is more than possible, it may be essential as we adapt to the changes from Covid. Asynchronous work is preferred by the new generation of employees and if you don’t know enough about Async work, it a good idea to explore it.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
- I Love Lucy clip Lucy and the Chocolate Factory https://youtu.be/NkQ58I53mjk
- Gitlab: How to Embrace Async Communications: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchronous/
- HBR Remote Work Should Be (Mostly) Asynchronous: https://hbr.org/2021/12/remote-work-should-be-mostly-asynchronous
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? Asynchronous Work, also known as Async Work, is a fast-growing and popular way to engage your teams and workforce. As you listen, it may initially sound like this change won’t work for your business, but give it a chance - we think we’ll help change your mind. Async, which has elements of LEAN and AGILE methodologies is a great new process of workflow for career success and business growth - and how about them Moo’s!
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* Synchronous vs Asynchronous work examples
* How texting and on-line forums changed our work-flow
* Why an old episode of the US TV show ‘I Love Lucy’ nails it!
* An easy way to test if async work can work for you
* A great example of an Async Work document from GitLab
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
Async work is more than possible, it may be essential as we adapt to the changes from Covid. Asynchronous work is preferred by the new generation of employees and if you don’t know enough about Async work, it a good idea to explore it.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
- I Love Lucy clip Lucy and the Chocolate Factory https://youtu.be/NkQ58I53mjk
- Gitlab: How to Embrace Async Communications: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchronous/
- HBR Remote Work Should Be (Mostly) Asynchronous: https://hbr.org/2021/12/remote-work-should-be-mostly-asynchronous
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
Previous Episode
About That SPIFF
2 RecommendationsWHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? The SPIFF - is it an Incentive to fail? SPIFF, SPIF, or SPIV are all the same form of a short-term bonus paid to employees that may be used inadvertently to cover up a bigger problem. SPIFFs can be distracting to your leadership career success and business growth. On this podcast episode, we have two stories to tell that are all about that SPIFF and a suggestion for an alternative.
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* We thank listener Jared for his question about the purpose behind the SPIFF.
* What is the definition of a SPIFF, SPIF or SPIV and what does it stand for?
* Are SPIFFs really as useful and effective as they’re made out to be?
* The negative effects of SPIFFs on long-term behavior and business growth.
* A story about the “Distracting Injury” and how it relates to SPIFFs.
* A Good SPIFF example.
* The law and IRS issues behind the SPIFF.
* Alternatives to consider.
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
SPIFFs are often used to try to correct a bigger problem and they often fail to help. Instead, look more closely for the root of the problem and correct that.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
We mentioned a quote from NATHAN BONILLA-WARFORD, OD, here: https://www.reviewob.com/research-says-spiffs-incentives-dont-work-are-you-using-them/
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
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Pissed Off Customers
1 RecommendationsWHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? Pissed off customers and why great customer service is essential to career success and business growth. We look at why customer service fails to deliver so often and some ways you can use to do a better job. We look at the metrics of CAC, LTV, and Churn, and learn about the terror of a customer who invokes “Plan T.”
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* A story about Kelli’s recent bad experience with a software company
* Examples of some easy Customer Service math that proves a few points
* We define CAC - Customer Acquisition Cost, LTV - LifeTime Value, and Churn
* An example of a restaurant’s losses due to poor customer service
* What is Plan T?
* Small customers are more important to please than most large customers
* A few suggestions on how to easily avoid costly bad customer experiences
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
Customer service, not just good - but great customer service - is vital to business and career success. To make this work for you, you need to invest in customer retention programs as much or more than you invest in new customer acquisition. We offer some real-world advice.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
The R in CRM means Revenue episode: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/the-r-in-crm-means-revenue/
The definition of (CAC) Customer Acquisition Costs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_acquisition_cost
The definition of (LTV) Customer LifeTime Value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_lifetime_value
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
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