Adrienne Knox, Author at The Kevin Eikenberry Group

November: The Perfect Time to Map Out Next Year

By Wayne Turmel If the idea of talking about next year already makes you want to scream, you’re not alone. You are in the middle of budgets, goal setting, performance reviews…. Which is exactly why it’s the perfect time to map out next year. As the leader of a remote or dispersed team, it’s often

Is Your Commute Making You Sick?

By Wayne Turmel Why are more and more people working from home? You can cite all kinds of reasons; lower real estate costs, flexible hours make recruiting easier, and lots more. But one of the biggest reasons, and the reason people who work from non-office locations (either a satellite office or the north end of

Engaging Introverts on Remote Teams

About 60% of the population are introverts, but you wouldn’t know it from conference calls and meetings. You hear from your extroverts, those who aren’t afraid to speak up and (I hate to admit it, because I am one) thrive on attention. How can you set your team up so that even the most introverted

8 Ways to Succeed with Your Boss When You Work Remotely

By Karyn Schoenbart If you are planning to work remotely (or already do), being separated from your manager by geography can be very challenging. Given that this style of work is increasingly common, what’s the solution? Don’t assume you and your boss will “just figure out” the best way to work together. Ask early and

When Silence Isn’t Golden

By Wayne Turmel If you’ve ever had small children, you know that moment when all the chaos and noise stops and it’s…too…quiet. You immediately go in search of the little hellions, because they must be up to something, and you’re not sure you want to know what it is. Managing a remote team can be

Distance and Working Together Can (Mostly, Kind-of, Sometimes) Work

Does working apart from each other make it harder to work as a team? On one level, the answer would seem to be no. After all, we have more tools and ways of communicating than ever before—from email to webcams to getting on an airplane and meeting in person. While that’s true, our guts tell

Why Training is Always Pushed Down the Priority List

It happens over and over. There is a call to cut the budget. Senior leadership says the future is unclear. The merger is complete and new leaders want to show cost savings. The private equity firm wants to make the P&L look a bit stronger. These things happen; for some they seem like an annual

Microsoft Moves to Teams – Let the Screaming Begin

By Wayne Turmel Just in case you got all comfortable using your shiny new Skype for Business platform with your team, now comes news that it’s all going away. Kind of. Microsoft has announced that it’s going to move away from Skype for Business as its main collaboration tool and roll out Microsoft Teams. This

Why Transparency Matters on Remote Teams

By Wayne Turmel Have you ever heard these complaints from your team? “The people in the home office have it so much better than the people who work from home.” (or vice versa…. Both sides complain about the other) “I don’t even know what everyone else is doing.” “My boss keeps changing priorities on me;

Remote Teams and the Importance of Evidence

You are not a control freak. You are not a micro-manager. (Keep repeating this until it either feels true or you decide to stop being a control freak micro-manager.) Still, your life would be a little less stressful if you just knew what was happening with the team members who work far from you. You’re

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