How often have you leaned across your desk or paused in an office doorway to ask a colleague a question? Or made eye contact with a team member and raised your eyebrows, a show of silent, supportive communication in the face of a tricky client? Along with water cooler conversations, these small confidences and day-to-day interactions are the building blocks of great working … [Read more...]
Adapting to Help Your Team Meet New Challenges
by Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder The Remote Leadership Institute As you read this, you have challenges - likely some you haven’t experienced before. While I’m not sitting in your shoes, I’m betting you're trying to help your team navigate a transition to a new way of working. This change came without warning and little time to prepare. The work continues, and you need to get … [Read more...]
Why Social Distancing is an Unfortunate Choice of Words
by Kevin Eikenberry, Co-founder If you are like me, you had never heard the phrase "social distancing" a month ago. Now, it is something we hear almost every hour. And while I understand the purpose of and support the goal of the practice (doing things to reduce the possible spread of the coronavirus is the right thing to do) to me it's just the wrong choice of words. It … [Read more...]
Does Remote Work Stifle Creativity?
by Chuck Chapman-Content Strategy Coordinator We make no apologies for our unbridled enthusiasm for remote work. Not only is is remote work at the heart of everything we do on this site, it's how we work ourselves. Having been to the "mountaintop" we get a little excited tryng to spread the good news of working remotely to everyone. Sometimes we have to take a step back, … [Read more...]
Really Awful, Terrible, Horrible Advice for Remote Workers
I am in the advice business. Over the years I’ve heard—even given—some terrible guidance. But there’s one thing I hear from a lot of new remote workers, and it’s awful, terrible, horrible advice: “Keep your head down, do your job, and your work will speak for itself.” This might sound like reasonable for remote workers at first glance, but let’s break down why it’s incorrect … [Read more...]