6 Life Lessons from Coworking Founders
A panel of veteran coworking owners and operators shared war stories experienced when scaling their respective businesses at a workshop presented by the Global Workplace Association at the Players Club in New York City recently. Exchanging sometimes painful lessons learned were panelists Ashley Buckner, SVP of Sales and Operations of Carr Workplaces; Bill Jacobson, Founder of Workbar; Justin Stewart, Co-founder and President…
Thanks for your contribution, Scott Chambers!
GWA and the Board of Directors would like to thank Scott Chambers for his many contributions as former board president of GWA. We wish Scott all the best and would like to send him off with a few well wishes from current board members. As co-founder of Pacific Workplaces (Pac:), and with over twenty years of…
A look back at 2018 with the GWA
2018 is coming to a close, and what a great year it has been for the GWA! As we end this year, we wanted to highlight a few accomplishments we’re proud of. In 2018 we saw significant growth in membership. We strengthened our community by introducing a new member engagement forum and we debuted the…
HR Insider: Coworking Edition
How do I know I’m hiring the right person for my coworking space? What do I do when a staff member gets sick, but I don’t have a backup? How do I incentivize high performance without compromising staff morale? The HR-related questions that plague coworking space owners and managers—especially new or small spaces—can be numerous…
Experiences and Predictions on Coworking
Profile: Kane Willmott Kane Willmott, current president of the Global Workspace Association and Co-Founder and CEO of iQ Office Suites, said that for him, the GWA is all about giving back. Willmott started out as a real estate broker, only transitioning into coworking about six years ago. He attended the 2012 GWA conference in Baltimore…