By Jaimy Ford When an employee transitions from working on-site to working virtually, it can feel a bit overwhelming for team leaders. After all, you essentially lose your ability to monitor the employee and ensure that he or she is working. How do you really know if that employee is starting work at 8:30 a.m.
This is a guest post by Dr. Ashley Lesko, leader of Square Peg Solutions, a firm that specializes in leadership development. Have you ever been anywhere where you felt you just didn’t belong? On the flip side, since you’ve been a leader, have you ever worked with people who you thought just couldn’t figure it out?
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
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