If you run a team with at least one remote employee, you manage a hybrid team, and that mix of on-site and remote employees can bring about challenges, specifically when it comes to delegation. Serious resentment can brew because of how you choose to delegate, with some employees feeling overlooked and others feeling overwhelmed. One
By Kevin Eikenberry Dan works from the deck of his beach house. Barbara Skypes while walking on her treadmill desk. Alex’s dogs bark through a conference call. Susan jumps on video chats wearing her favorite Grateful Dead shirt. Professional? What do you think? I hear leaders from all levels, within all types of organizations talk about
By Wayne Turmel I’m sure that title got your attention, and probably tweaked something in the back of your brain. After all, we’re hard-working leaders, and there’s ALWAYS stuff to be done. So, what the heck are you talking about this time? There’s actually one time when it’s fully acceptable for the manager to do
By Wayne Turmel Recently, a statistic has been cropping up that seems like very good news for teleworkers and the companies they work for. But, like all such numbers, there’s more there than meets the eye. First, the good news: teleworkers have been shown to handle individual tasks better and get more done than their
By Wayne Turmel I don’t know exactly when it happened, but very early on in telecommuting and having people work from home, there arose the myth that, “They’re sitting at home in their bunny slippers…” This raises two important questions: Who actually owns bunny slippers, anyway? So what? That’s not being facetious (well, not for
By Kevin Eikenberry Leading a team for the first time undoubtedly comes with a slew of challenges. On top of handling your new responsibilities and priorities, you have to build trust, manage conflicts, boost morale, and motive employees from afar. While the basic leadership principles remain the same, how you apply them varies depending on
By Wayne Turmel Working from home can be wonderful for productivity. In fact, studies show that people who work from home get more tasks done on average than people who schlep into the office. However, there are also a few challenges to staying focused. Here are three tips for staying focused: Dirty dishes (or laundry,
By Jaimy Ford When you lead a virtual team, one of your biggest challenges is assessing each employee’s engagement level. After all, you can’t monitor body language during meetings for clues that employees are bored. Because you likely communicate via email most of the time, you can’t rely on employees’ tone of voice to determine if they are
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