Ambiguity brings down productivity, performance and morale on teams where employees are located in one spot. It can be a downright killer for virtual teams. That’s why you must take extra precaution to eradicate it before it causes confusion, misunderstandings, mistakes and rework. Francis Norman, director and principal consultant at Ulfire, an organization that specializes in
By Karyn Schoenbart If you are planning to work remotely (or already do), being separated from your manager by geography can be very challenging. Given that this style of work is increasingly common, what’s the solution? Don’t assume you and your boss will “just figure out” the best way to work together. Ask early and
By Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute. It’s critical that you conduct regular one-on-one sessions with your employees (even if one is located in London, another in Australia, one in California, and one across the hall from you). While scheduling, planning and executing these sessions is a bit tougher for leaders of virtual
By Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute Have you ever cleaned your garage? When you started the project, the task was pretty well defined. You could look at the garage and see what needed to be done, but once you got started, two things happened. First, you realized there were more steps to
By Jaimy Ford, business writer and editor. How do you convince your project team to pull together, focus and get the job done? For decades, Craig Ross, Angela Paccione and Victoria Roberts from Verus Global, have been trying to answer that question. The professional development specialists and coaches have spent more than 65,000 hours studying and
By Wayne Turmel Just in case you got all comfortable using your shiny new Skype for Business platform with your team, now comes news that it’s all going away. Kind of. Microsoft has announced that it’s going to move away from Skype for Business as its main collaboration tool and roll out Microsoft Teams. This
By Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute. Engagement is a very trendy word these days. No doubt, it is a critical component of every workplace. However, many experts, including writers, speakers and consultants have made the idea of engagement far too complex. So let’s get past all of that right now. Let’s get to
By Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute. Shiny object syndrome. Most of us have at least a touch of it. The moment your team has mastered one technology, you read about a new one that you just have to give a try. Just about the time you are making some progress on a task, your
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