The one-on-one meeting is one of the greatest assets that employees have, and very often they don’t know it. This type of meeting hasn’t always been as widely used as it is now, and if you don’t have regular one-on-ones, you should absolutely ask for them. A one-on-one is a recurring meeting, usually weekly, between… Read More Use Your One-on-Ones to Move Up
Companies with a return-to-office mandate are seeing brain drain. When employees are told they can no longer work remotely or on a hybrid schedule, many leave for better jobs—and the ones leaving tend to be highly skilled and senior in their role.… Read More ‘Return-to-Office’ Pushes Out Top Talent
Remote work isn’t perfect, but whether it’s worthwhile depends on what you value.… Read More Remote Work Tradeoff: Higher Productivity or More Mentorship?
The assumption that remote work is ‘work, but online’ is wrong and misguided. Equally, assuming that remote collaboration is ”collaboration, but online’ is incorrect. Remote collaboration is different because, when done right, it starts with zero assumptions and builds a totally new understanding of what it means to get work done… Read More Book Excerpt: Remote Work Is Not ‘Work but Online’—From The Everything Guide to Remote Work
That report about not turning on your video camera during meetings intentionally left out some details. Keeping your camera off may protect you.… Read More Executives Afraid of Employees Not Turning on Their Cameras During Meetings Need to Answer Some Questions
While remote work may feel like a pandemic-driven affair, some workers and organizations have been operating in an all-remote environment for years before it started. To figure out what makes remote work successful, it makes sense to listen to some of the lessons they’ve learned. Having interviewed founders of remote companies and employees—and having worked… Read More 2 Keys to Remote Work Success
Having a positive remote work culture means defining flexibility and setting expectations for asynchronous work.… Read More ‘Flexibility’ in Hours Without Strong Remote Culture Creates Undue Stress for Workers
About a year ago, I gave a talk to a company that was looking for tips about working remotely. Even though the company does technology-focused work and has offices in a few different locations around the world, many of the employees were working remotely for the first time. I kicked off the talk by reminding… Read More 10 Reasons Remote Work During a Pandemic Is Not Remote Work
Naming the challenges we face while working remotely during a pandemic helps us cope and have empathy for others.… Read More 8 Things Affecting Work-From-Home Productivity During Covid-19
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