River hours is a mindset I’ve picked up along the way. It has a simple premise: Time spent failing now puts me closer to success later.
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Tag: Llama Culture
Following up about meetings
Last week, I asked for your feedback on some ideas we’ve been tossing around about meetings. I learned a lot from all of your responses. Here’s a summary of my takeaways: On holding a no-meeting day Many companies hold no-meeting days. By far, the most popular day of the week for this was Wednesday. Friday
A More Perfect Union
The U.S. Constitution begins with the phrase, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…” That’s the same reason Lessonly holds our twice-yearly State of the Union. This all-company off-site ensures that every employee understands the collective direction we are heading, why we chose that route, and what
Behind the Scenes: How We Do Sales Enablement
Most companies recognize the importance of team training, but struggle to implement a training program or employee training software. This blog series offers an inside look at how the Lessonly team uses our own software to do better work. We hope these tips and examples provide a framework for effective and engaging team learning. Sales
Behind the Scenes: How We Do Employee Onboarding
Most companies recognize the importance of team training, but struggle to implement a training program or employee training software. This blog series offers an inside look at how the Lessonly team uses our own software to do better work. We hope these tips and examples provide a framework for effective and engaging team learning. Over
One Million Stories…And Counting
It’s a big week for Lessonly. Yesterday, we announced our $8M Series B funding round. We’re immensely excited to invest in our product, team, and growth with this additional capital. But that’s not the most important thing that’s happening this week. We’re also celebrating the more than one million learners who have received training via
Doing Better Work, Together
Five years ago, Lessonly was started to bring a fresh approach to learning best practices at work. Before we wrote our first line of code, we assessed the traditional learning management systems (LMSs) that were chiefly designed to help human resources administer compliance policies and standardize management practices. We found these offerings to be as
Lessonly, Zuckerburg, and Things that Matter
Tuesday, March 19th. 3:45AM. Standing in the living room in my unmentionables. Completely awake and visibly distraught. Urine-soaked warm-up pants on the floor. Spit-up stained shirt on the couch. My wife, Natalie, rubs her eyes and asks, “What the hell happened?” It was Day 5 of having our newborn at home. And I was losing
Excessive Stress is Destroying Your Company Culture
Every job comes with its own stress. Excessive stress, however, is the enemy of the healthy workplace. We don’t just mean healthy productivity, but physical employee health. At the turn of the century, a seminal study by the CDC found that more than 40% of workers felt their job was “very or extremely stressful.” The report
The Best Perk? Forget the Ping Pong Table, Employees Want Flexibility
Employee benefits and perks have reached a new level thanks to workplaces like Google, Facebook, and other software giants. In a world where some employees are treated to gym memberships, massage therapy, and chef-prepared lunches, what do employees really value from their employers? If recent research from Fractl is to be believed, workplace flexibility is
