One of the most common questions we get asked here is, “How do you measure people’s work when they aren’t in the office?” There is a smart-aleck answer, and a more thoughtful one (which is the one they really want to know, but we can’t resist sometimes). The glib, facile answer is to ask, “how
You’ve been working overtime now (literally and figuratively) helping to transition your business to a new remote setting. That’s come at an expense: your sanity and well-being. While “taking one for the team” is a noble concept, taking too many for the team will land you on the “disabled list” where you’ll be no help
by Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder Remote Leadership Institute The transition from leading from the corner office to leading from home has created a number of logistical and management challenges. We’ve already unpacked a number of those here on this site, in our book, The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership, and on our COVID-19 resource site.
https://youtu.be/KriFKRF0S1A?rel=0&showinfo=0 So you’ve been working from home for a couple of weeks now. How are you feeling about it now? Leaders, you need to be prepared for the new challenges once the novelty of remote working has gone away. You’re still going to be doing this awhile longer. How will you respond?
How’s it going for new remote leaders? It’s understandable if you’re feeling a little out of sorts right now. You’re still in the middle of a whirlwind transition to a new way of working…and oh yeah, there’s this global pandemic thing going on outside, too. As you’ve rushed to get your team prepared for working
by Kevin Eikenberry, Co-founder If you are like me, you had never heard the phrase “social distancing” a month ago. Now, it is something we hear almost every hour. And while I understand the purpose of and support the goal of the practice (doing things to reduce the possible spread of the coronavirus is the
by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator If you’re in a certain age range and grew up in the Midwest during the late 1970s, you probably remember the Blizzard of 1978. That’s the winter where midwestern states were literally snowed under, restricting travel and forcing closures of schools and businesses for several weeks until we were
by Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder Remote Leadership Institute Chances are you can’t go more than five minutes in a conversation without the topic of the coronavirus coming up. It is on everyone’s minds; but as a leader we must rise above the chatter. While the fear and panic that surround the impacts of coronavirus are pervasive
If you’re suddenly forced to work from home and worry you can’t get anything done, imagine you’re stuck in Europe during the worst days of the Black Death/Bubonic Plague. Now consider that some of the greatest works in Western literature came out of that time. And they had no WebEx or Slack to help. Boccaccio
Getting work done in a normal workweek is hard enough. But when the coronavirus causes travel restrictions, or natural disasters strike business districts, as it did this week in Nashville or during the hurricanes in Houston, everything becomes even more chaotic than normal. The key to remaining calm and productive during crises like this is
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