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3 Ways to Get Better at Vacations

By Wayne Turmel Here’s a question for all of us who lead remote project teams: if we’re not with most of our team most of the time, why is going on vacation (or at least taking time off) so traumatic? According to reports, over half of Americans don’t take all their vacation time, and 2/3

6 Rules to Eliminate Those Long, Annoying Email Strings

By Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute. It starts pretty innocently. You send an email asking for information. The other person responds. Then you need and ask for more information, and he or she responds. Then because you want to show gratitude, you send a thank-you message, and the person then feels obligated to respond

Use the Best Communication Tool at the Right Time

By Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute. I see it all the time, regardless the size or type of organization, when it comes to project team leaders, some produce exceptional results in a virtual environment, while others seriously struggle to deliver. For both groups, the leaders are all different. They play different roles. They

Why All Leaders Should Think Like a Four-Year-Old

This is a guest post by Shay Howe, co-founder of Lead Honestly. During a recent family visit, my four-year-old cousin beat me in a game of “Guess Who?” … well, beat doesn’t begin to describe what happened. He destroyed me with ease. I could say it was because we were playing a new version of the

The Simplest Test for Your Email

By Wayne Turmel Email is considered the biggest communication problem for remote teams. Either the sheer volume of email steals our time and saps our productivity, or the way emails are written don’t get the point across, and cause more rework and email, leading back to problem one. I’m exhausted just writing that, but it’s

Wrap Up Your Meetings Properly

Sure, how you start a meeting is absolutely vital to the success of the time you spend in the meeting, but there’s another area that many people forget to focus on and that’s the end of the meeting. In the video below, we’re sharing tips that will help you wrap up a meeting so that

Wearing Grownup Clothes, Even at Home

Pajamas and bunny slippers all day long? Not so fast – not only do studies show that remote workers who get dressed for work are more productive, but there are also a slew of other reasons why dressing for work, even when you’re at home, can help you be more successful and effective. Check out

A Remote Project Team is More Than Tasks

When I ask project managers what their biggest challenges are, at the top of the list is “making sure people are doing their tasks.” Actually, what they say is, “Are they really working?”; but I know what they mean and I assume they don’t mean to sound paranoid. Actually, as a PM of a remote

The Real Problem with Email – A Gift for You!

2016 will go down in history as a turbulent, stressful and crazy year for nearly all of us. Whether it was the turbulent presidential election, or the death of a favorite celebrity (really, I can mourn both Merle Haggard and Prince. Don’t judge…), things were crazy. Yet, one thing stayed the same in the workplace,

What Are Your Final Four?

With the end of 2016 quickly upon us, it’s a perfect time to talk about our priorities. Check out the video below to find out how your “four” can help you be more successful in 2017 and beyond. Tweet it out: Too many priorities means no priorities. via @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: Subscribe to get

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