Chuck Chapman, Author at The Kevin Eikenberry Group

Combatting Potential Health Risks of Working from Home

by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator When you think industrial accidents or work-related illnesses, we usually think about miners in coal mines or mishaps on a construction site. But working from home is not without its hazards. We need to be aware of how we work and take care of ourselves. You’d think it would

Webcams Aren’t Enough

One thing that the pandemic and working from home has done (besides making sweatpants acceptable “business casual” attire) is push everyone into using their webcams. For years, we’ve been saying that’s the best tool for helping people stay connected and build relationships. Great start everyone! But there’s more. Tools like Zoom, GoToMeeting, WebEx and Microsoft

How Much Do You Know About Your Team’s IT Problems?

Working from home is certainly having its moment, and we couldn’t do it with out our good friends in IT. On the one hand, hundreds of thousands of people who never expected to work from their dining room table are making it work. It’s kind of magical when you think about it. Technology is amazing,

How’s Your Team’s Six-Week Report Card?

Depending on where in North America you are, you’ve probably been working from home for six weeks now. We know it feels longer than that, but most of us experienced the reality of the COVID-19 crisis sometime between March 12 and 16th. So here’s an important question: How’s it going? Six weeks is 42 days. You

Are You Trying Way Too Hard to Make Zoom Meetings Fun?

We love fun. We are all about not taking life too seriously, especially when it seems like bad news is all around us and we are clinging to our remaining sanity by a thread. But are you trying too hard to make Zoom meetings fun? If it involves an alpaca or a goat, the answer

How to Measure Remote Work

One of the most common questions we get asked here is, “How do you measure people’s work when they aren’t in the office?” There is a smart-aleck answer, and a more thoughtful one (which is the one they really want to know, but we can’t resist sometimes). The glib, facile answer is to ask, “how

4 Tips for Regaining Your Motivation

Sometimes working remotely is just what you need to get your juices flowing. Other times…not so much. That’s especially true when the house full of other people, the news is stressing you out, and the initial excitement of working from home wears off. It’s becoming increasingly more difficult to stay motivated. So, if you’re feeling

Set Boundaries: How to Work from Home with Your Family

by Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute Over the past year I’ve worked with a number of people new to the world of remote work. I recently got an email from a client who was pretty frustrated. She was at the end of her rope trying to figure out how to get past

Walmart, Webcams and Working from Home

When you think cutting-edge information about working from home, you might not think of Walmart. But since they sell more stuff than anyone else in the country, they know a thing or two about what people are buying. And what they are buying are a lot of new tops… and not a lot of pants

New Remote Leaders: Have you answered these 5 questions yet?

How’s it going for new remote leaders? It’s understandable if you’re feeling a little out of sorts right now. You’re still in the middle of a whirlwind transition to a new way of working…and oh yeah, there’s this global pandemic thing going on outside, too. As you’ve rushed to get your team prepared for working

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