Is the Tough Stuff for the Young?

My inclination to avoid the rough stuff, because life is rough enough, worries me a bit.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 18, 2019culture, politics Comments

How to Manage Up

Managing up could solve a lot of workplace ills—and that few people think to do it or realize that they should do it.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 16, 2019management, business, employeesComment

The Mystery of the Dog in the Business Book

The dog story doesn’t make for a very serious case for a very serious book, I say. What gives, Arnaud?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 14, 2019business Comments

Paean to the Hoodie

Hands down, the hoodie is the most important clothing item in any wardrobe. In fact, you don’t just need one—you need several.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 12, 2019fashion, culture, sports, hoodie Comments

Twenty-Four Hours in Geneva

Though twenty-four hours doesn’t do the city justice, a day in Geneva at least gave us a starting point.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthApril 10, 2019Switzerland, travel, culture Comments

How to Transition from In-Office Teams to Remote-Work Teams or a Distributed Workforce

Here’s what I learned from other CEOs and executives and through my own experience (so far) of transitioning my in-office employees to a distributed workforce structure.

Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2019

Though I won’t pull back the hood and show all my inner workings here, this website gives me a good place to highlight an insight from each month’s postmortem. How’d I do in March 2019?

JournalLeslie FarnsworthApril 7, 2019goals, relationships, friendship, family, happiness, postmortemComment

What Blogs Do You Read?

I miss blogs and websites with creative and fun and insightful and interesting writing. Sites that tell me stories, whether about the people who write them or the people who publish via them.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthApril 6, 2019reading, writing, travel, cultureComment

Spring in Lausanne: Thirty-Six Hours of Weather Surprises

We had a spring weather adventure in Switzerland!

JournalLeslie FarnsworthApril 5, 2019Switzerland, LausanneComment

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