Ash Bent – and his company Sketch & Etch – received our inaugural Conscious Culture Award last week. Amongst other things, we love their approach to systemizing fantastic culture.
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As remote workers, we’ve found that creating and cultivating rituals is important. And so is coffee. Let’s explore the intersection of the two!
Conscious Leadership is a ‘way of being’ that perhaps many of us are familiar with, some of us understand intimately, and a few of us can claim that we embody fully. As leaders of remote teams, we are in an exceptional position to step into this type of leadership, given that our working model demands in many cases […]
Here at Growmotely, we’re living at the intersection of remote work and conscious culture. And we’re loving it. But this begs the question: are these two phenomena an ‘odd couple’? Or rather: the ‘perfect pair’? Thomas Merton – one of the Western World’s most beloved, influential and prolific Catholic monks – writes the following in […]
As entrepreneurs building remote and global teams, we are already trailblazing in a variety of ways. We love to solve problems – new problems and / or age-old problems. And many of us are keenly aware of the social issues that remote work stands a chance of tackling. That said, not all social issues get […]
Koko is living her best life. Wow. This is so incredible. But – what does it mean?! And who is Koko? Koko is our ‘Community Guide’ here at Growmotely. Her expertise is in customer support and relationship management and she is who you – our beloved readers – will have the pleasure of exchanging with […]
“I can already feel such relief.”“I feel so relieved.”“I’m so happy.”“I’m glad I moved so quickly.”“I already feel such a sense of relief and space.”“I’ve already created a new leadership program…because I had the space.” These are some of the sentiments expressed by our CEO and Founder here at Growmotely – Sarah Hawley– off the back […]
Have you ever felt gutted / crestfallen upon finding out that you don’t need to file a tax return in any given country? No?! You’re probably not alone. I – however – felt exactly that last week upon finding out that it wasn’t necessary for me to file a tax return with HMRC (Her Majesty’s […]
“Hierarchy is not part of our language.” This was a statement that our CEO and Founder – Sarah Hawley – casually asserted at our End-of-Year Social Gathering last month. She dropped this zinger after announcing her decision to profit share with all team members…to a tune of 10% of Growmotely’s annual profits. The casualness with […]
Employing traditional wisdom when it comes to goal-setting can be incredibly effective. But – it also can be incredibly limiting. What?! How can it be effective *and* limiting you ask?! Let me explain. Traditional goal-setting has us create our goals from a place of ‘I’. What do ‘I’ want? What do ‘I’ long for? What […]