Thinking About Your Health as a Remote Worker

It’s time to think about what’s next. And it’s not just about where we’re going to work or how. We want to remind you that your health matters. And as a remote worker, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve been neglecting it. When we work from home, we can lose whatever habits or routines that were

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How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels

We all know the feeling. We work at home where we won’t be interrupted, we are wildly productive, things are getting done and the world is operating as it should. And then it all stops. We stare at our to-do list and can’t seem to make progress. It’s like our car is stuck in the

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Another Way to Think About Time Management

In our Bud to Boss workshops, I often get asked about time management from a leadership perspective. How to be better at it and how to stop wasting it. While I have read much about this topic and continually try to get better at it, I am increasingly clear that we are all starting from

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Why Remote Workers Need to Think Long Term

We all know that when we work remotely it can be both a blessing and a curse. It’s good that we can (to some degree) set our own schedules, put our heads down and work without Bob from Accounting stopping by our desk to bemoan the state of his Fantasy Football Draft. On the other

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How a Coffee Cup Can Improve Your Meetings – Remarkable TV

No engagement. No participation. Can’t get people to speak up. These are just a few of the many issues that we have with virtual meetings. And in this video, I am demonstrating 4 ways that a simple cup can help improve your virtual meetings.Follow The Remarkable Leadership Podcast Apple Podcast Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music RSS Your Favorite Podcast

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Ensuring a Well-Run Meeting Starts With One Critical Step

We’ve all walked out of a meeting and thought “Wow, that was a waste of time.” Perhaps the meeting had no clear purpose, the participants strayed off topic or the issues weren’t adequately resolved. Regardless, you left the meeting feeling frustrated. This time-wasting experience could have been avoided if the person preparing for the meeting

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The Procrastination Busting Question – Remarkable TV

I was going to tell you about it but maybe I will wait. I don’t feel like it…right now. This will be hard. I want to get it just right. There are LOTS of reasons why we procrastinate and we all do it at one time or another (and probably even more than that!) And

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4 Ways to Develop Greater Internal Motivation

by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator One of the basic rules of remote leadership laid out by Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel in The Long-Distance Leader involves intentionally building trust. While that’s true for leaders of co-located teams too, remote leaders simply cannot micromanage from a distance. As shutdowns have forced more teams to work remotely,

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Why Do You Need Time Off When You’re Already at Home?

If you’re already working from home, and not going into the office, why do you need to take time off? This was a real question a reporter asked me the other day.  My response was a carefully crafted list of reasons taking time off is important, no matter the circumstances. What I really wanted to

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Remote Work from the Front Lines with Guy Harris

For much of the world, the sudden shift to working remotely has been a shock and a challenge. For those of us here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, it’s been a typical work week….kind of. In this series, we want to share our perspective as veterans “on the front lines” of remote work. We’ve learned

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