Are your people taking the time off they have coming to them? Are you? Something happened over the end of December this year that highlighted the importance of that question, and why organizations and their leaders need to be vigilant on behalf of their people who work from home. This all arose because I noticed something unusual at the end of December. A larger number of … [Read more...]
Thinking About Your Health as a Remote Worker
As we come to the end of the year, you’ll be swamped with blog posts telling you what your New Year’s resolutions should be. While we hate to pile on, this is one of the few points in the year when most of us actually take time to think about what’s next. For that reason, we want to remind you that your health matters, and as a remote worker there’s a pretty good chance you’ve … [Read more...]
Fighting Isolation and Loneliness on Your Remote Team
For many people, working from home during COVID has been a big success. At least it’s worked better than many people anticipated. But the longer it goes on and the more uncertainty there is about what the return to the office will look like, or even if it will occur, the more we have to deal with a hidden and very destructive force—isolation and loneliness. As the leader, you … [Read more...]
Setting Up Guardrails For Working Remotely
Whether you’re a leader with a title or just someone working remotely trying to do your best, odds are you have a hard time disconnecting from your work. Remote workers, especially those who are new to it (which is an LOT of us since March), report that their biggest challenge is constantly being sucked into work-related emails, text messages and projects when they should be … [Read more...]
What Does Las Vegas Have to Do with Remote Teamwork?
I live in Las Vegas, so I follow the comings and goings of the hospitality industry like those of you in small towns follow your top employers. It didn’t come as a huge surprise to me to find this article making the rounds here. At first, I laughed, because “Viva Las Office” is the most Vegas thing imaginable. How can you work from home from the party capital of the US if you … [Read more...]