Remote and hybrid team leaders are often frustrated when trying to find ways to build relationships and enhance communication. One of the best ways to do that involves something we often think of as a solitary activity – reading. This may seem like an unpleasant concept. Few of us enjoyed writing book reports and automatically hated
This article starts with an assumption. Good news – your experience will confirm that the assumption is correct. Here it is: We are often most effective when we learn with and from others. And at work, learning from others is often most relevant and practical. If you agree with this assumption, read on. Because I’m
We love to complain about the tools we use for remote and hybrid work. Email sucks. Webcams are a pain. Nobody seems to know how to make Teams work better than it does. But what if I told you that many of the complaints about asynchronous tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams were either self-inflicted
When you bring together a group of people or create a team, there can be challenges and concerns (I wrote about some of them here.). But those problems and concerns shouldn’t dissuade us from creating peer groups. Recognizing the power of the peer group can create magic. Here are six specific powers that a peer
Teams. Teamwork. Collaboration. Working successfully as peers. These are important qualities – things worth investing in and improving. We may not always associate those words with the phrase “peer group,” but it is a valid description. And make no mistake, there can be problems with peer groups, regardless of the ages of the members. To build better
Where do people on your team go when they need an answer in a hurry? This simple question is the biggest barrier to team collaboration. It doesn’t matter if your team is co-located, fully remote, or hybrid. Work slows if people can’t get access to critical information. We often ask learners, “What’s the biggest reason for
Team negativity is a real problem – it doesn’t “just” make working less enjoyable, but it has real impacts on culture, productivity, and team success. There will always be negative comments made, frustration when things don’t go as planned, and issues between team members. Consider those like seeds that can plant negativity. Here are six
Unboss your meeting. I learned that phrase from my recent conversation with Gary Bolles during our recent Virtual LeaderCon. To unboss your meeting means to take the rank and positional power out of the room enough to create high participation meetings. If you ever find that people (or you) are afraid to talk in meetings
Many feared that collaboration and teamwork would take a hit during the pandemic lockdowns. And on some teams, that was true. Our observation was twofold. Teams that were doing pretty well before the pandemic, fared well (if not better) during the lockdowns. But cross-departmental collaboration suffered, even if collaboration and relationships on the nuclear work
Getting new hires acclimated to their role and productive quickly has never been without its challenges. In today’s world of remote and hybrid teams, remote on-boarding can be more difficult than when we were all co-located. But is it actually easier with a co-located team or simply a more familiar process? For years, we onboarded
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