Best Practices for Structuring and Managing Distributed Workforces

Considering a distributed workforce? Here’s my experience-based how-to on structuring and managing one.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 3, 2019business, management, leadership, employees, distributed workforceComment

You Say “Strategy,” I Say “Strategery” (No, Not Really)

If you sell someone strategy, deliver your definition of strategy, and that definition doesn’t match her definition of strategy, she won’t feel happy about the transaction.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 2, 2019business, leadershipComment

Books I’ve Read: Q1 2019

A list of books I devoured in the first quarter of 2019, in rough chronological order.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthApril 1, 2019reading, literature, cultureComment

Scenes from the Weekend: March 30-31, 2019

Spring sprung in Switzerland this week. A few scenes from a weekend wonderland.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 31, 2019travel, happiness, Switzerland, LausanneComment

My Favorite Podcasts (for Now)

By and large—as with everything—the majority of podcasts don’t make for good listening. After much trial and error, I’ve landed on these podcasts as go-to favorites.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 30, 2019cultureComment

The Distributed Workforce: Benefits and Caveats

After a year of a distributed workforce, I’ve uncovered the following caveats and benefits for employers considering a distributed workforce structure for their teams.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 28, 2019business, hiring, employees, management, leadership, culture, distributed workforceComment

Our Ten-Year-Old Selves

As a child, who did I think I would be as an adult? I couldn’t remember. And then my mother handed me an old school report.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 26, 2019childhood, writing, happinessComment

Diary for March 24, 2019

Transition seems like the theme of the past year, and this month has shown no exception. Fortunately—as with all the transitions this past year—the shifts of March 2019 have proved good ones.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 24, 2019business, employees, management, hiring, leadershipComment

Scenes from Saturday: The Lavaux, Switzerland

On our way to a dinner party, Arnaud and I walked through The Lavaux, a Unesco World Heritage Site just east of Lausanne, in Switzerland.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 23, 2019travel, culture, SwitzerlandComment

The Wedding of Leslie and Arnaud

A brief summary and pictures from the weekend when Arnaud Chevallier and Leslie Farnsworth got married in Normandy, France.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 23, 2019relationships, happiness, family, France, wedding Comments

Finally, Skiing in Switzerland: Villars-sur-Ollon

After fourteen months of talking about skiing in Switzerland and not skiing in Switzerland, with four of these months living only a few miles from the ski slopes on which skiing could happen, Arnaud got to ski. I snowshoed.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 21, 2019travel, vacation, sports, SwitzerlandComment

A Day in Dijon in December

Dijon, of all the places we visited in France on our road trip back to Lausanne from Christmas 2018 in Normandy, stands out as my favorite sojourn.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 20, 2019travel, vacation, culture Comments

A Birthday Overnight in Verbier

For my 2018 birthday weekend, when the 16th landed on a Sunday, Arnaud planned a trip to Verbier, Switzerland, for an overnight stay.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 19, 2019travel, sports, vacation, SwitzerlandComment

The Blog is Back

Though many readers will come to this site without any knowledge of the old site or any way of knowing that a few things have changed since I left off, returning readers may feel a bit lost without a few quick updates.

Spotlight PostLeslie FarnsworthMarch 18, 2019 Comments

Welcome “Home:” Our Temporary Furnished Apartment in Lausanne

Reflections on our first home in Lausanne. It was an okay home. For a few weeks.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 18, 2019travel, expat, culture, Switzerland, LausanneComment

Why You Should Take Off Your Marketing Hat

In my article for FrogDog, I explore why business leaders should let marketing experts do their jobs. (Trust me, they come out ahead when they do.)

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 4, 2019marketing, businessComment

The Art of Good Storytelling in Marketing

In my article for FrogDog, I explain how the basics of creative writing help make marketing storytelling shine.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMay 14, 2018marketing, businessComment

Sadness at Beauty and the Beast’s Truth

I don’t want the human, nonfairy-tale equivalent of the Beauty and the Beast. What sane person would?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 2, 2016business, culture, happiness, health, relationshipsComment