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The New Leader’s First Team Meeting

We recently received this question: Do you have any tips for communicating with my team as a new leader? In today’s video, I’m going to answer this question from a slightly different angle by helping leaders lead their first team meeting – providing ideas and solutions for how to communicate and what to communicate in

When Hearing Nothing Means an Awful Lot

By Wayne Turmel Working from home often means staying out of a lot of noise and drama that take place in the office or co-located workplace. That can be a blessing, to be sure. But sometimes silence can be ominous. In fact, being left too much to our own devices can be one sign that

Your Power of Choice in Conflict Resolution

In many cases, the path from conflict to resolution is like traveling down a dirt road in the country. It’s a little rough. Dirt might get in your eyes so that you don’t see clearly what lies ahead. You have to go more slowly than you do in other situations. Once you are on the

4 Things That Make Your Virtual Presentations Boring

By Wayne Turmel If I were to describe the following scenario to you, how would you react? “You are going to be speaking for an hour or so. You ask the audience to hold all their questions to the end, not to speak to either you or one another, and you are not going to

Enough Already: Stop Trying to Micromanage Your Remote Employees

By Kevin Eikenberry Almost everyone has worked for a micromanager at some point. You know the type who insists on signing off on everything, who wants you to document your every move, who requests ridiculously long status and progress reports, and who basically dictates how employees should do their work. I never understood why a leader

How Leaders Can Co-Create with David Nour

Leaders invest in relationships and continue to evolve to remain relevant to that relationship. David Nour, thought leader on the topic of business relationships for more than 25 years, joins Kevin to discuss his latest book, Co-Create: How Your Business Will Profit from Innovative and Strategic Collaboration. Co-creation means finding the common goal, sharing the

Watch: Are You Over- or Under-Communicating With Remote Employees?

What’s the difference between over-communicating with your remote team, and micromanaging? Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute, offers feedback and tips for knowing when and how often to communicate with team members who work outside the office. http://kevineikenberry.wistia.com/medias/f7k6q3qqn0?embedType=iframe&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Now, we’d love to hear from you! How much do you communicate with your

Communicate Like a Leader: Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire and Get Things Done

by Dianna Booher If you want to be more successful in life and ask people for advice, two pieces of advice will show up early and often: Become a great communicator. Become strategic or intentional. This is amazingly sound advice. And when you are in a leadership role, the advice is doubly true. It is

Are You An Arrogant Boss? Here’s How To Tell

It’s one thing to be proud of your successes and promotions; it’s quite another to allow that pride to morph into arrogance. Reflect on your attitudes and actions, and identify whether the following statements are True or False: I behave toward my subordinates very differently than I do toward my superiors. If forced to choose,

Finally! Quick Tips to Start Your Meetings On Time

By Wayne Turmel In a recent post “5 Sure Ways to Ruin a Meeting Before it Even Starts,” we talked about the worst things you, as leader, can do when you begin a meeting. This week, we are going to focus on one of the reasons virtual meetings start off all wrong: starting late. In

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