You've no doubt heard about "Zoom Fatigue" and other related complaints about technology. Wayne takes a look at why so many of us are becoming exhausted by the very tools that were designed to make our jobs easier and more productive. https://youtu.be/rkqrBVBE5AQ How well does your team communicate using the tools available to them? Do you know? This free team tech … [Read more...]
The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Lead Your Hybrid Team Today
by Kevin Eikenberry I just got back from vacation recently, and as a leader of a hybrid team myself, I made sure to follow one of the most important pieces of advice I give to leaders: When you are on vacation, be on vacation. Now, while I was on vacation, I wasn't writing in this space and...this is really amazing, I know...Life went on for you, you continued to do … [Read more...]
Take Your Darned Vacation Days
We learned a lot during the first year of working from home. One of the things nobody expected was that it is a lot harder to take time off than anyone previously thought. We know this because a record number of people didn’t take vacation or personal time last year, or if they did they left a lot of it unused. Now that we are a year in, many of us will continue to work from … [Read more...]
How Are You Feeling?
by Kevin Eikenberry Much has been written over the past few months about the mental health challenges for those working from home for more than a year, as they navigated changes to jobs and unclear expectations, and challenges with balancing their work and life all while never leaving the house and doing it all during a pandemic. The challenges for everyone during this … [Read more...]
Is Your Remote Manager Doing Better Than You Are?
A recent report from Microsoft acknowledges and puts numbers to something many of us who work remotely have felt in our guts: Many remote managers are thriving with work-from-home, while their employees are feeling more stressed than ever. Microsoft's latest white paper, The Next Great Disruption is Hybrid Work-Are We Ready? is full of fascinating insights into how the last … [Read more...]