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 […]
Author Archives: growmotely
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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You, friend. Are a leader. We all are. Leadership is not a title given to us by someone else. It is a choice each of us make, every moment of every day. Leadership is not convincing someone else of our way of thinking, or telling others what to do (both of these things are more […]
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As leaders of companies, we don’t need to see any formal statistics to know that the happiness levels of our team members (not to mention ourselves) impact performance, creativity and motivation significantly. Isn’t it worth it, then, to invest earnestly in practices that increase our happiness and the happiness of our team members? Of course […]
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I’m flying today from Chicago to Paris. This will not be my first time flying this route. I’ve spent about half of my life in the United States, and about half of my life in Europe (including the UK). Before COVID hit, I was backing-and-forthing at least three times per year. It took me many, […]
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There are so many ways to measure what we’re doing – and the impact we’re having – as business owners and as companies. How do we choose the metrics that are the best fit for us? The metrics that are measuring the things we really care about? We all know what the standard, accepted metrics […]