As companies schedule their return to the office (RTO if you’re playing Buzzword Bingo), we have been checking into them with a simple question: How’s it going? Their answers fall into a couple of broad categories. Everything is fine and dandy A few report that everything’s great; they are either going to the exact some structure as before the pandemic (usually, everyone … [Read more...]
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Remote Leader
What does leading a remote team have to do with Sherlock Holmes? Whether you play the violin, smoke a pipe or enjoy deerstalker hats or not, there’s one important similarity. Most of the time, when something goes wrong, we don’t witness it ourselves and have to find out what happened. I am a big fan of “the Wizard of Baker Street” (That’s me with his statue in London this … [Read more...]
Will We Ever Eliminate Proximity Bias?
Do you struggle with proximity bias? The answer may reflect the future of your hybrid or remote team. First, we need to define the term. Proximity bias, as the name implies, means to favor the people closest to you physically. For teammates, this can mean working closer with those who share an office space than those who work in different locations, or from home. For leaders, … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Manage and Lead Better in a Virtual World
by Angie Morgan You can lead without being a manager. You can manage without being a leader. Leadership is always a choice. Choose to lead. I’ve managed, I’ve led, and I’ve coached managers who’ve aspired to be stronger leaders. I can distill my experience and advice down to five simple things that I think every manager, at any stage of their career, can benefit from … [Read more...]
Time to Assess Your Remote and Hybrid Team Culture
We are in an odd time when it comes to discussing work culture. Like being in the eye of a hurricane, we are stuck between the initial panicky onslaught of COVID: “Go work from home and we’ll figure it out,” and looking toward the future: “Okay, we have to figure out what we do next.” This moment is as calm as it’s going to get for a while, so we’d best do some assessing of … [Read more...]