Adrienne Knox, Author at The Kevin Eikenberry Group

The Most Important Time to Do Nothing

By Wayne Turmel I’m sure that title got your attention, and probably tweaked something in the back of your brain. After all, we’re hard-working leaders, and there’s ALWAYS stuff to be done. So, what the heck are you talking about this time? There’s actually one time when it’s fully acceptable for the manager to do

3 Bad Reasons Teleworkers are Productive

By Wayne Turmel Recently, a statistic has been cropping up that seems like very good news for teleworkers and the companies they work for. But, like all such numbers, there’s more there than meets the eye. First, the good news: teleworkers have been shown to handle individual tasks better and get more done than their

The Bunny-Slipper Mystique

By Wayne Turmel I don’t know exactly when it happened, but very early on in telecommuting and having people work from home, there arose the myth that, “They’re sitting at home in their bunny slippers…” This raises two important questions: Who actually owns bunny slippers, anyway? So what? That’s not being facetious (well, not for

3 Ways to Maintain Focus When Working from Home

By Wayne Turmel Working from home can be wonderful for productivity. In fact, studies show that people who work from home get more tasks done on average than people who schlep into the office. However, there are also a few challenges to staying focused. Here are three tips for staying focused: Dirty dishes (or laundry,

3 Questions to Ask Before a Virtual Meeting

By Wayne Turmel Meetings are considered a necessary evil, and virtual meetings are often thought of as more evil than most. But do they have to be evil, and are they really necessary? It’s easy to say that “all meetings are a waste of time,” and “if they’d just leave me alone I’d get some

The “Reply All” Dilemma

By Wayne Turmel One of the joys of email is the ability to send a single message to multiple people at the same time. I mean, it’s not like the “reply all” button invented itself. It’s often useful. Often… but not always. So the supposedly simple question is: When do you hit ‘Reply All’ and

Tracking Goals Remotely

By Wayne Turmel We know that a big part of working remotely and managing teams is to set clear goals—people need to know what they’re supposed to do, by when, and to what standard. That’s great, but there can be an awful lot of drama before it’s all over. Between assigning tasks and checking them

Accountability Paranoia

By Wayne Turmel When leaders first experience working with remote employees (whether they are part-time teleworkers or full-time virtual team members doesn’t seem to matter much), one of their first concerns is: “How do I hold people accountable for their work?” While that seems like a reasonable question, it’s not what most people are really

How Do You Scale Culture?

By: Mark Miller Culture is important whether you have a remote team or not. It’s an intangible piece of every organization and its importance is often overlooked. Company culture is the formula that guides your team, inspiring and motivating them. It’s what draws and retains great talent and ultimately, it plays an important role in

Three Complaints about Virtual Project Teams – With One Root

By Wayne Turmel According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), nearly 90% of projects are conducted by teams where everyone doesn’t share a workplace. It might be because they have teleworkers, or they may have teammates on the other side of the globe. No matter how these teams are assembled, there are three complaints they

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