More and more companies are testing the concept of remote working. But when managing a remote team, you need to be flexible, transparent, and understanding. Formstack put a few of your favorite fictional bosses to the test. Could Miranda Priestly, Don Draper, Michael Scott, Ron Swanson, or Bill Lumbergh cut it in a remote office?

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By Kevin Eikenberry Many leaders really struggle when it comes to delegating. Some leaders think “No one can do it as well as I can,” and so they continue to complete tasks even when those tasks pull them away from more important work. Other leaders are convinced that it will take longer to train employees

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By Kevin Eikenberry Meetings can be a tremendous waste of time, and more often than not, your employees are dreading them. Why? Because meetings often don’t drive any results. The time is spent rehashing or revisiting issues that weren’t resolved at previous meetings. And, as people sit there, all they can think is “This is a

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Managing change is a key skill for any leader. Whether it’s a small change in the scope of a project or your entire company being folded into a new organization, keeping our teams focused and productive is one of the most important things leaders do. It’s not easy. It’s even harder when we’re scattered across

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One of the major tenets of this blog is that leading and working in remote teams isn’t intrinsically more difficult than working together, but it is different. So we have to acknowledge and address those differences if we’re going to be successful. If you were listing the differences, the ability to build trusting work relationships

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Remote teams rely on trust forming a framework that allows communication to flow freely. What enables all that is something often called social capital. A working definition is, “the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively”. Why is social capital so vital to

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