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Does Your Office Make People Want to Work Remotely?

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

3 Virtual Selling Skills Sales People Should Master

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

3 “New” Traits of the Successful Remote Worker

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

Don’t Think You Have a Remote Team? Guess Again

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

Is Office Work an Antiquated Idea?

by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator Once upon a time most people worked from home. They plowed fields, milked cows, fed the hogs, all on their own property. Transportation and technology simply didn’t allow most people to earn a living very far, if at all, from where they lived. Fast forward almost 200 years, looking

Working from Home is a Matter of Habit

by Wayne Turmel Do you consciously think about every action you take at work every day? Probably not. We are so busy doing stuff that most of the time we rely on habit and repeated behavior so we can just get on with our day and not make ourselves crazy. Human beings are creatures of

Delivering Bad News to Remote Workers

Delivering bad news is, unfortunately, just part of the leader’s job. It’s going to happen. When people work remotely, and are scattered across geography and time zones, it can be difficult to manage that in a way that not only gives everyone the news they need, but the chance to respond appropriately and feel

The Extrovert’s Guide to Working Remotely

by Wayne Turmel When we think about working remotely, we often think about how nice it would be just to get our work done without interruptions. We can set our own schedule (within limits, of course) and not get caught up in office politics and gossip. Not to mention having total control of our wardrobe

Tips for Hiring Remote Team Members

by Wayne Turmel Want to hear a secret? The most stressful thing for managers isn’t making sure the work gets done, or that you’re not on Facebook when you should be on that conference call. In their heart of hearts, most managers fear hiring a new team member above all else. Finding and bringing the

You Might Be a Remote Worker If…

by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator It’s no secret. The daily life of the remote worker is different than that of the traditional office-based employee. If you’re a remote worker, that might be frustrating at times. People just don’t understand! So with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, we’d like to offer a few distinguishing signs of

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