Wayne Turmel, Author at The Kevin Eikenberry Group

A Timeline of Remote Work: Would a 34-Year-Old Have all the Answers?

This blog post is part of our Evolving Workplace series. To hear more thought leadership, check out series episodes on the Remarkable Leadership Podcast. It’s tempting to think that remote work has been around long enough that we have figured it out. But there are differing opinions: It is a lifesaver. Unless it’s a disaster and

Welcome Back to the Office. It Hasn’t Gotten Better.

A new year brings a lot of changes. One is that more companies have decided to go back to the office and reduce the amount of remote or hybrid work. While there are some solid arguments to be made for this, there are questions that need to be addressed if it’s to succeed in 2025.Here

Absorbing Remote Work Into the Way Things Are

For years, remote work has been a hot topic in conversations about the future of work and the evolving workplace. The pandemic acted as a catalyst, pushing organizations to adopt remote work models almost overnight. Now, as we settle into a post-pandemic reality, one thing is clear: remote work hasn’t disappeared. Instead, it has been

Remote Work Needs a Unicorn

Is there a remote work unicorn out there? A lot of people need to know, and fast. In promoting our updated version of The Long-Distance Leader, I have done over 50 podcast interviews and I’m getting a lot of questions about what the future holds. Is remote work dead? Is hybrid work just another word for

10 Tips for Supporting Good Mental Health on Remote and Hybrid Teams

As a leader, you need to be aware of the mood, stressors, and overall mental health of your team. Talking about these things is fine, but most organizations only pay lip service to the topic. As a Long-Distance Leader, you can help set some rules, but the most powerful thing you can do is model

What’s a “Right to Disconnect” Law?

Do you answer work emails after hours and on weekends? Do you resent it? Maybe it doesn’t make any difference to you. But what if it was against the law to expect you to do work outside of agreed-upon hours? A growing number of companies have passed “Right to Disconnect” laws. Here’s a short article

Two Types of Goals Make For Great Teamwork

Teamwork, in its purest form, is simply a group of people working together towards achieving a common goal. Like most things that sound simple, there’s a lot to unpack. This is particularly true when the team isn’t co-located. How do you help everyone understand and stay focused on the goal? It helps if you realize

Hybrid Work: Balancing Synchronous and Asynchronous Tools

Real hybrid work is not only balancing who does what work where (should we be in the office three days a week?). For a truly hybrid team, we factor in time. This means we change the question to: What work needs to be done with everyone at the same time, and what can be done

Okay, Let’s Talk Amazon’s Decision

By now, anyone interested in remote work has heard about Amazon’s announcement that all administrative folks must go back to the office five days a week. Reactions out in the world have ranged from, “This is the end of remote work,” to “Jeff Bezos is the devil and will pay with everyone quitting.” What is

How do you Develop Long-Distance Leaders?

As we become more accustomed to remote and hybrid work, it can feel less novel and more of the norm. That doesn’t mean it comes naturally to people. How do organizations and people in Learning & Development help grow leadership skills that translate to the new way we work? As we said in the first edition

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