By Wayne Turmel, co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute. How much time does the average employee spend on email each day? You’d think that’s a simple question, demanding a simple answer. But it’s not. When I went to the magic Google Machine and asked that question, the top five answers not only differed, but answered

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As a leader, at some point, you are going to have to tell employees or coworkers something they don’t want to hear. Sharing bad news is hard on you, but it’s much harder on the people who have to hear it. So stifle your discomfort and follow this advice from the good folks at GetVoip.com

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Certainly, hiring people to fill voids left on your virtual or remote team comes with both challenges and benefits. On one hand, you are able to recruit top talent from all over the world and find the perfect person to join your team. On the other hand, the traditional interviewing process, where candidates meet you

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Too many workplaces are missing the kindness factor, and it’s more damaging than you might realize, says Dr. Susan Mangiero, leadership coach and author of The Big Squeeze: Hugs & Inspirations for Every Grown-Up Who Loves Teddy Bears. Why? Because kindness is integral to employee engagement—and cultures of engagement are integral to high-performance organizations. “Doing business

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By Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute. Your team has just completed a major project, after months of tremendous effort and dedication. You hit your goal, and everyone is excited, relieved and feeling a great sense of satisfaction. Everyone is also tired and might not know what comes next. What do you do

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By Merge Gupta-Sunderji, MBA, CSP Face-to-face leadership is tough enough, but managing remote employees adds a whole new level of complexity. Not only is it harder to keep up with what remote employees are doing, but motivating them is a huge leadership challenge. The reality is that remote workers are becoming the norm. Whether it’s

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It’s Friday, and you may be starting to wrap up your week and may even be planning to make it a long weekend heading into the 4th of July. Whether you make it back into the office on Monday or Wednesday or some day thereafter, vow to spend less time on email. You already know

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Building a “We’re in this together” mentality on remote and hybrid teams is often one of the most difficult tasks leaders face. Surprisingly, doing so can be quite simple, with small, daily actions that foster collaboration and teamwork. Check out this comprehensive infographic, put together by The Villanova University Online School of Business, for quick

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By Brian Cristiano, founder of BOLD Worldwide. One of your most important roles as a new leader will be recruiting the right employees . These folks will not only partake in daily tasks to help your team run smoothly, they will also act as the face of your organization, which is why it’s important to take

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By Jaimy Ford, business writer and editor. Are you a super fast typist? If not, you may not be cut out for this whole virtual leadership gig, says a new study out of the University of Iowa and published in the Leadership Quarterly. To conduct the study, the research team divided 344 participants into four-member teams. Some

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