A Different Way of Working
When I think back on these past several years, I’m so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had to decide how I want our team and business to show up in the world.
Our philanthropy.
Our compensation policies.
Our approach to customer service.
My team and I believe that each is a way to express our values, to remember that what we put out will come back to us, and to pioneer a new, more loving way of doing business.
To give you a little taste of how we roll, here’s what my business manager added to her employment contract:
This text was written by my business manager, drawn from her own sense of the job and of our team. It also came from conversations we’d had in the hiring process, like the one when we talked about my heartfelt request that everyone on the team always tell me if some part of the job is feeling “icky” – draining, aggravating or misaligned to them – so we can make a change.
We are living in a time when we need women’s different ways of working, our different ways of seeing the world, and of relating to one another. To me, this text – both the substance of it and the irreverent act of putting something with this tone into a formal contract – offers one glimpse of what’s possible for a new way of working.
What women are doing in their businesses has a tremendous impact on changing the culture – often by starting at the margins with small businesses or true innovations – and then working their way into the mainstream.
So here’s my question for you today: What would you like to create – not just in terms of “what” your business creates, but the “how” of how you do business? Because on the entrepreneurial path, that’s yours to decide, too.
And a reminder, this month I’m excited to let everyone know about Marie Forleo’s fabulous free video series for current and aspiring entrepreneurs. I’m a graduate of Marie’s B-School program and it really helped me which is why I’m choosing to be an affiliate partner and spreading the word. Check out the video series HERE. You will find actionable steps you can take today that will reap benefits for years to come.
