by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator   The office was designed for communication. There are conference rooms for meetings. Whiteboards hang in break-out rooms for brainstorming sessions. Offices or cubicles are situated so co-workers can pop in or peak their heads over for quick questions of clarity. Even lunch rooms and break rooms are on

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by Kevin Eikenberry, co-founder Remote Leadership Institute Productivity. In all my conversations with leaders about managing people remotely, this is typically among their concerns. If you’re a remote leader looking for answers on how your team can be more productive, consider whether you’re asking the right questions. Here are four questions you can ask your

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Build better time-management habits and you will be amazed by the way your productivity soars, as your stress level sinks. Add these practices to your workday: Save less. Be honest: How many files do you have that you never refer to? The surest way to avoid clutter is to never allow it to collect. Make your first instinct

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I’m often asked about how to have better meetings and more often than not, the other person wants me to boil the advice down to the #1 thing for improving their meetings. Now that’s a tall order but I’m going to try to tackle this challenge today and give you my #1 best way to

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by Wayne Turmel Most of North America and Europe have had at least one major snow event this winter that made getting to work difficult. People tend to view these as either a sign from above that they can work from home and spare themselves a commute that day, or that the business will be

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by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator The more things change, the more things stay the same. While technology changes rapidly and the work world becomes increasingly remote, the needs people have to be productive and successful team members have largely stayed the same. And even though project teams might be scattered across the globe, it’s

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by Chuck Chapman   We spend a lot of time here on RLI talking about the benefits of working remotely to both employees and employers. But what about those who do the hiring? What about those wonderful souls in Human Resources, the ones often playing “bridge-builder” to ensure both employee and employer are satisfied? If

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by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator   Working remotely can definitely be less stressful than working at a traditional office or job site. The morning commute is much easier, save for those times when there’s a traffic jam by the refrigerator when you’re getting the creamer for your coffee. You save money on “work clothes”

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We are all busy. Ask five people how they’ve been and I can almost guarantee that you will hear more than once, “I’ve been busy.” In fact, the idea of “busyness” has almost become a badge of honor. But the whole idea behind busy is it’s all about activity. We’re doing a bunch of stuff,

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by Laura Neidig Quotes are like bubbles. Good remote leadership quotes quickly inspire, perhaps make us think a moment, and then the little spark of joy they give us quickly goes away. Which is why these little bursts of motivation are so popular. Their quick hit comes and goes and the encouragement they give, while similar to taking

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