By Wayne Turmel It is high time to admit what most people already feel in their gut: the history of remote working today was never planned. Forget think tanks, Gartner studies and futurists gracing the pages of Fast Company. It has morphed into – whatever the heck it is we’re doing – through trial and
For remote organizations that have offices located in different locations, it can be difficult around holidays. Just because Thanksgiving is celebrated as a holiday at the home office (filled with gorging on turkey and watching football), the team up in Canada isn’t celebrating anything…they’re WORKING! Watch the video below, as Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the
When successful, remote teams require increased teamwork…communication…pirates…wait, huh? When you think of working and leading remotely, pirates are probably the last thing you’d think of regarding remote teams (especially considering they’re not even close to working remotely). But turns out, there are valuable lessons from pirates that remote leaders can gain insight from and use
By Wayne Turmel With studies showing a sharp increase in employees working from home, you’d think remote workers would be more likely to view their jobs as “perks” and therefore, would be more likely to stay at organizations longer…nope. While teleworkers often show higher levels of satisfaction with the work, they are more prone to
Do you ever feel like your remote team members are little ducklings following every move you make, especially when onboarding new employees? This imprinting on the boss — playing follow the leader, in a sense — results in ineffective communication (and can really begin to drive you, as a leader, crazy). In today’s video, Wayne
By Wayne Turmel So, meetings are a giant waste of time, demotivate people and generally should be discouraged at all costs, right? What if I told you how a meeting was responsible for the Cubs winning the World Series… Got your attention now, don’t I? In case you forgot –and there are a lot of people
Just like a child on the playground taunting, “Your not the boss of me!” to another, it’s a similar situation (and a frequent challenge) which project managers face when trying to lead others scattered from different regions and divisions. So, what can you do to effectively lead others that aren’t your direct reports? Join Wayne Turmel, co-creator
It seems like when we talk about successful virtual meetings, we talk about the role of the leader. But what about those of us attendees? Can we just skate and accept none of the responsibility? What can we do to make sure our conference calls, web meetings and other remote team communication ROCKS? It might
Meetings can get pretty ugly, especially when you’re leading people who are working remotely, calling in, trying to contribute…and that’s EXACTLY why you should assign a speaker monitor. Watch the video below, as Wayne Turmel from the Remote Leadership Institute offers you the benefits and a few techniques on how to make a speaker monitor
Why is it that managers (particularly the guys) connect coaching with sports analogies? Whether it’s the kindly, grandfatherly type (John Wooden is the patron saint here), or the “fire and brimstone” inspirational kind (any coach who gives speeches stolen from the movies), we think of sports coaching as the model. He (usually a “he” in these
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