By Wayne Turmel “My remote team members are terrible at virtual meetings. They’re multitasking and not participating, and when they do take part they talk over each other and generally don’t get much done. What can I do? How can I coach better remote meeting etiquette?” I can’t tell you how often I’ve had a

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As a new leader, effective communication is absolutely essential to your success. And…it’s not always easy. One of the reasons communication is difficult is that not everyone communicates in the same way, with the same tendencies or styles. If you want to be a better communicator, you must be able to understand, observe, and diagnose

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It can be difficult during meetings to allow everyone to have a voice during brainstorm collaboration, but in today’s video, Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute, offers up a sort of “Jedi Mind Trick. Also known as the PIN technique, this leadership tactic allows you to create more opportunities during meetings for everyone

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By Wayne Turmel It is high time to admit what most people already feel in their gut: the history of remote working today was never planned. Forget think tanks, Gartner studies and futurists gracing the pages of Fast Company. It has morphed into – whatever the heck it is we’re doing – through trial and

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For remote organizations that have offices located in different locations, it can be difficult around holidays. Just because Thanksgiving is celebrated as a holiday at the home office (filled with gorging on turkey and watching football), the team up in Canada isn’t celebrating anything…they’re WORKING! Watch the video below, as Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the

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When successful, remote teams require increased teamwork…communication…pirates…wait, huh? When you think of working and leading remotely, pirates are probably the last thing you’d think of regarding remote teams (especially considering they’re not even close to working remotely). But turns out, there are valuable lessons from pirates that remote leaders can gain insight from and use

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By Wayne Turmel With studies showing a sharp increase in employees working from home, you’d think remote workers would be more likely to view their jobs as “perks” and therefore, would be more likely to stay at organizations longer…nope. While teleworkers often show higher levels of satisfaction with the work, they are more prone to

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If you are a leader with a team of people, you know communication is hard. If your team is dispersed, virtual or remote from you or each other, the challenges are even greater. I know this, in part, because I led a team that, most of the time, work remotely from each other. This new

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