Sorry been MIA. Thanks everyone for sharing tips and experiences. I completely agree that ultimately, it's the site manager's responsibility to make sure to place runs smoothly. Alex's recommendation to focus on "removing myself as the dependency" is something I will definitely keep in mind as a strategic goal. Thanks!!
On May 6, 10:51 am, thilo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Miguel and all the others on the list, > > i followed the thread closely and it was great read. > I can fully agree from my personal experience with everything what > Angel and Alex explained in more detail. > > You are the one in charge and if you make sure everything is taken > care of without bothering your coworkers they will take on some tasks > them self and jump in happily when their help is really needed because > they grew proud of the space. > > And I also just learned from reading "The E-Myth Revised " what Alex > said, it's important that you are able to remove yourself as a > dependency. > > So beside praises nothing to add. > Cheers > Thilo > coworking:http://co-up.de > coworking management:http://cobot.me > > On May 3, 11:45 am, "Joseph K." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > When I started my co-working presence in Singapore (a little, 'big' > > city?), most chores listed by Angel were done internal i.e. my staffs, > > myself who also use the co-work area. As time goes, efforts are > > 'chipped in' by subscribing members. Maybe it's a 'pick up your own > > litter' mentality or the posted 'keep the place clean' notices sticks. > > Hence the management of space is auto. Some of my members even help > > 'sell' available slots to inquirers! I think this works like a 2-way > > street : don't expect members to be delegated tasks, but ensure a > > culture is there to love that place they sits at. Hope this helps :) > > > On May 2, 7:55 am, Miguel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am one of the founders/managers at Coworking Evanston. Happy to > > > report that things are going well since we opened 3 months ago - > > > steady membership growth, members have started to "collaborate", > > > organizing meetups and other events, etc :-) I am having a great > > > deal of fun managing the space, but find that the workload is higher > > > than I originally expected. > > > > I started talking to a few coworking managers about ways to more > > > efficiently manage the space. One person mentioned that a coworking > > > space should really "runitself", and that the founders/managers are > > > just "members who moved desks in, and pays the rent". The theory is > > > that most of the work, if any, can/should be delegated to members. > > > Personally I do not agree with this, but wanted to see what the group > > > thinks > > > > Cheers, > > > > Miguelwww.coworkingevanston.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
