For much of the world, the sudden shift to working remotely has been a shock and a challenge. For those of us here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, it’s been a typical work week....kind of. In this series, we want to share our perspective as veterans “on the front lines” of remote work. We’ve learned a thing or two over the years that we hope might help you in your … [Read more...]
Remote Work from the Front Lines with Wayne Turmel
For much of the world, the sudden shift to working remotely has been a shock and a challenge. For those of us here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, it’s been a typical work week....kind of. In this series, we want to share our perspective as veterans “on the front lines” of remote work. We’ve learned a thing or two over the years that we hope might help you in your … [Read more...]
How’s Your Team’s Six-Week Report Card?
Depending on where in North America you are, you’ve probably been working from home for six weeks now. We know it feels longer than that, but most of us experienced the reality of the COVID-19 crisis sometime between March 12 and 16th. So here’s an important question: How's it going? Six weeks is 42 days. You know what can happen in 42 days? Chipmunks, ferrets, gerbils, … [Read more...]
4 Tips for Making Web Meetings More Successful
When you aspired to be a leader, you probably didn't think you were going to have to be Steven Spielberg, did you? Yet, that's exactly how it can feel when it's your task to run a successful web meeting. It's not just the content, but the production that determines whether or not it's time well spent. Here are four practical tips that will help make your web meetings a better … [Read more...]
How to Measure Remote Work
One of the most common questions we get asked here is, “How do you measure people’s work when they aren’t in the office?” There is a smart-aleck answer, and a more thoughtful one (which is the one they really want to know, but we can’t resist sometimes). The glib, facile answer is to ask, “how do you measure it now?” What's the difference? In theory, the measure of … [Read more...]