Making sure you’re recognized as an on-the-way-up mover and shaker with political savvy can be challenging even when you are physically present in an office every day. When you are a remote professional, it gets even more complicated. How do you elevate your visibility, establish for your value ad carve out an upward career track… Read more »

Judy Dunn and her husband, Bob, both work from home. It’s great for them because working remotely enables them to live in a tiny town on the West Coast far from where they might otherwise have on-site jobs. There’s just one tiny problem. Judy is a writer who needs quiet to focus and long chunks… Read more »

Let’s be honest. No one likes meetings. They may perform a necessary function occasionally, but the majority of the time they are a big fat waste. Most are poorly structured, badly run and an annoyance for everyone in attendance. Let me give you a prime example from a client working for a major international bank.… Read more »

For years the discussion regarding remote work has been entirely too limited to whether people should or shouldn’t work from home. That ship has sailed. They do work from home and this isn’t going away any time soon. Yet big companies continue to make headlines when they declare an end to the practice as pundits… Read more »

Onboarding is a process that has been a staple of truly smart HR practices for decades but it is finally really getting the attention it deserves. Increasingly, employers are becoming aware that the earliest experiences of their new employees mean a lot when it comes to their productivity and their willingness to stay with the… Read more »

Construct a result-driven virtual team management strategy by following these seven steps to success Remote-based businesses are popping up all over these days. When we think of these types of companies, the picture is typically a small tech start-up that builds social apps and cool software. But larger corporations, more and more, are beginning to… Read more »

Even the best managers should take the time to learn new leadership skills for effective team meetings in virtual settings As more companies go with a remote worker model, even the best managers are finding it critical to adapt their skills. Leading a remote team has its special set of challenges. And near the top… Read more »

Remote CEOs agree: Communication and team interaction are key. Some 37 percent of American workers have worked virtually at some point in their careers, according to Gallup – a number that has increased fourfold in the last 20 years. And that means that somewhere out there, remote CEOs are working hard to herd all those… Read more »

Fun team-building games for work when you don’t work near each other The problem with team-building in a remote company is that building camaraderie with people you don’t see in person is difficult. Yet the simple fact is that the teams who work well together also have a personal connection, at least in part. Team-building… Read more »

Dear Sophaya, I work from home three days a week and have done for a long time. My job requires a lot of concentration. Since the office is open-concept; it can be extremely distracting to get work done. Our office has a lot going on and there are a couple of people who constantly interrupt… Read more »