The Hundredth Monkey Works from Home

What do monkeys have to do with successfully working from home? A recent article from Harvard Business Review online studied how the COVID-19 inspired surge in working from home has impacted business. We’ll probably do a better examination in  a future article, but one of the things that surprised the authors was this: Despite all

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What If You Just Want to be Left Alone?

You hear a lot of negative things these days about working separate from everyone else on your team. We’ve all heard the complaints (heck we’ve written enough about them here). Remote workers sometimes feel isolated. They don’t interact with their team members enough. People who work remotely sometimes go down the wrong trail and spend

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Going Back to Normal? Why It’s Neither Possible nor Enough

If you lead a team, odds are you’re exhausted. Helping your people stay productive when working from home or under other kinds of constraints hasn’t been easy. Add to that here in the US (and in large cities around the world) a year full of elections, protest and civil unrest and the flood of news

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Remote Work from the Front Lines with Barb McLin

For much of the world, the sudden shift to working remotely has been a shock and a challenge. For those of us here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, it’s been a typical work week….kind of. In this series, we want to share our perspective as veterans “on the front lines” of remote work. We’ve learned

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Combatting Potential Health Risks of Working from Home

by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator When you think industrial accidents or work-related illnesses, we usually think about miners in coal mines or mishaps on a construction site. But working from home is not without its hazards. We need to be aware of how we work and take care of ourselves.  You’d think it would

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Why Do You Need Time Off When You’re Already at Home?

If you’re already working from home, and not going into the office, why do you need to take time off? This was a real question a reporter asked me the other day.  My response was a carefully crafted list of reasons taking time off is important, no matter the circumstances. What I really wanted to

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It’s Okay if You’re Not Feeling Okay

Did you think this work from home thing was going to be easier? Are you feeling badly about the way you’re feeling? Well, don’t be. Even the most experienced remote workers have been stressed out by this crisis. Give yourself a break and recognize this hasn’t been an easy time for anyone.

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Remote Work from the Front Lines with Wayne Turmel

For much of the world, the sudden shift to working remotely has been a shock and a challenge. For those of us here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, it’s been a typical work week….kind of. In this series, we want to share our perspective as veterans “on the front lines” of remote work. We’ve learned

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Choose Your Words Wisely

by Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder The Remote Leadership Institute We all know words matter. Too often, we are too sloppy with them. I believe sloppy language has been a big part of our problem in recent months. Here is my perspective. I believe what we all need is a perspective that acknowledges the challenges we face

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