It’s fairly normal today for people to work more than the standard 40 hours a week. In past years, you would go to work at 9, be off at 5, and then have the rest of the hours to do whatever you wanted. It’s become normal in our culture, however, for people to work longer

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If you lead a remote project team, you probably worry that people aren’t feeling connected to the rest of the team. This is difficult enough when team members rely on each other for help, resources, and joint efforts. For many of us, the problem is made more complicated by the fact that some of these

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There have been a number of stories in the news about workplace bullying. Most of them revolve around incidents of physical intimidation and threats. So, working from home seems like a good answer to the problem. But a recent conversation with someone brought something else to light: Can you be the victim of workplace bullying

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During a class the other day, one of our participants said he was thinking of leaving his employer. This was a surprise because it’s a good company that just started letting people work from home and they were bragging about how it’s increased employee satisfaction. So why was this employee so angry he’d leave a

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We spend a lot of time worrying about whether people who have always worked in an office can suddenly be successful when working remotely. Lately, I’ve been trying to flip that question around. Can people who’ve worked from home easily and happily go back to working in a traditional office environment? This is not a

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by Wayne Turmel Ask people why they work remotely, and they will tell you it’s “for convenience” or “I can concentrate better.” What they won’t say, even when they think it, is “because the office has become a nightmare of noise and confusion and I’d rather poke my eyes out with a stick than go

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by Wayne Turmel What ever happened to meeting a client for coffee?  These days it seems like it’s harder than ever to be a sales professional. Clients can screen our calls, send our emails to spam, and beat us up on price without ever having to look us in the eye.  Sure, there are all

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by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator I grew up in an era, raised by Baby Boomers, that emphasized certain characteristics for being successful in the workplace. While things like honesty, punctuality and attention to detail are timeless traits that will be valued in any era, the advent of remote work has put a premium on

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by Wayne Turmel When you hear the term, remote team what do you think of? For many, it means the boss sits in one place, while the individual team members usually work from home, or another office, or the other side of the planet. If everyone has an assigned place in the office or plant, they

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