workstyle

Lucinda is joined by authors Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst, the creators of 'Workstyle', a book dedicated to revolutionising the way we work, to discuss the book and its methodology, and the work they do through their consultancy to change the face of working life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• "Workstyle" means the complete freedom to choose when and where we work for ourselves, on the basis that we have such freedoms in our lifestyle, but not in our workstyle.
• Finding a way to work in a more fulfilling and exciting way promotes a huge shift in enthusiasm, and leads to more productivity.
• Workstyle is an attitude as well as a systemic change. in some industries this is easier than in others, but it tends to work best in the knowledge working sector.
• The concept of workstyle is meant to be a way for everyone to come together to begin a conversation about whether or not the accepted ways of working today are appropriate, or are we holding onto a way of working that no longer has meaning in our society.

BEST MOMENTS

'In the digital age, the ability to work anywhere and at any time, we needed a word...'

'There is a pressing need to work differently'

'For some organisations it will be more about adopting a mindset - how can we give more autonomy to our workforce?'

'the point of workstyle is to start a conversation'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Blog: Driving Employee Engagement through a positive working culture
• The Internal Mobility Report: Drive Employee Engagement in 2021

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• Podcast Episode 158: Engagement Strategies For A Hybrid World

About The Guest, Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst

Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst are friends, entrepreneurs, inspiring speakers and changemakers. They have been leading the workstyle revolution for a decade, co-founding a social enterprise, Hoxby, in 2014 to prove the concept.  

They have helped thousands of workstylers around the world to set, project and respect their own workstyles, and are conducting pioneering research into the link between autonomy, productivity and wellbeing. Their business has delivered projects in a workstyle way for some of the biggest brands in the world. Lizzie has three young children, lives in Bristol, and has recently recovered from breast cancer.

Alex suffered from debilitating burnout, before starting a family and leaving London for a village in rural Oxfordshire. Together they came up with the concept of workstyle in response to their negative experiences of a 9–5 traditional working week. 

Workstyle is the freedom to choose when and where you work. Their new book lays out the full story of workstyle – from its inception in the pub, through profoundly inspiring stories of the lives it has changed, to the impact it will have on the world by levelling the playing field and creating true inclusivity and accessibility in our society.

www.workstylerevolution.com/book

ABOUT THE HOST

Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.

“If you look up, you rise up”

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The World of Work has transformed tremendously over the past decades, and more so for the rest of us since 2020. From being based in the office, to remote and now hybrid, we are all doing our best to make things work.  

We will be inviting guests and experts from across the workplace industry to join us in our episodes as we discuss all things work related, and how we can make it better.  

Join us every fortnight at A Better World of Work podcast and follow us on our LinkedIn page for the latest updates. 

Hosted by: Hardeep Matharu, Sorina Catuna, Eoin Higgins
Producer and edited by: Ng Lay Peng
Company: Veldhoen + Company

Teddy is a tailgate negotiator. You agree on terms up-front, sign necessary documents, and begin the project. But then... Teddy decides to renege, ask for items not agreed upon, insist on endless revisions, etc. Ned is needy. He wants to micromanage you and he has 50,000 questions to ask before he can hire you for the project. Ugh.

Key topics:

✔️ You always have to consider the cost. When you are looking at the money, don't focus on the gross. Focus on the net. When all the expenses and taxes are deducted, how much will you actually net from this? Sometimes looking at the true bottom line is enough for you to decide that a Teddy or a Ned is not worth it. 
✔️ Your business needs to function well for YOU. The customer is not always right and you should not put them up on a pedestal.
✔️ The Buddhist idea of a middle path is useful here. A good client usually has sensible questions and doesn't rush through the process of hiring you yet also does not drag it out or ask an excessive number of anxiety-laced questions.
✔️ You have to weed out clients who expect that, because you are a freelancer, solopreneur, or small business owner, you will be at their mercy. They hold all the cards and you hold none. Nope. Huh-uh. Inaccurate.

Link to the article I discuss in this episode: https://www.inc.com/jayson-demers/7-types-of-clients-who-will-take-your-patience-to-the-brink.html


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Flexible jobs are the norm now. Our generation is demanding their jobs to provide more holistic services to tackle the realities of work - even in 9 to 5 jobs, especially in 9 to 5 jobs. Companies these days need to be more transparent with their employees and how they treat them - particularly because creative entrepreneurship is so prominently on the rise and people in our generation and the generations to come have the privilege to not have to necessarily choose between their passions and interests or their survival anymore

There isn’t a reason anymore to make your personal life secondary to work if you don’t want to - and this is truly groundbreaking!

So really think about it - How would you design your ‘workstyle’?

#freelancers #creativeentrepreneurs #femaleentrepreneurs #flexiblework #futureofwork #digitalnomad #remotework #gigeconomy #wellness #wellbeing #selfemployed

January was a crazy month for me. My plans of just half-hibernating through the month went to the wayside and I had a couple of bizarre experiences. I am sharing them here (highly sanitized, of course) so that perhaps you can benefit from my missteps.

✔️ There is plenty of business out there. You do not have to engage with clients who behave like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. It will waste a lot of your time and energy and you may never be able to make them happy.
✔️ It's OK to be tired sometimes and it's OK to take a break. If you feel yourself wearing down, you don't have to push past the exhaustion.
✔️ Beware of clients who think they need to be the exception to all of your rules. If you set down the rules of engagement and they want to ignore them, you need to call them out on it.
✔️ If you are self-employed, a business owner, or solopreneur: you get to decide the ways and means you work in. Periodt.
✔️ Ensure you can hit the escape hatch. Be cautious about what you sign or what length of time you agree to work with someone. 

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