Already thinking about and preparing for the new year? Consider setting goals and resolutions for your teams. Here are some resolutions we think have high value for teams and team members in the coming year:
Time is one of the most valuable things that people have and we don’t want to spend it all in meetings. Before you invite anyone to your next virtual meeting, consider who really needs to be in the meeting. If …
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Story from the Workplace (note that organizational names are changed to protect privacy) by Sharon Turner, Web Accessibility Analyst, CPACC Recently, my remote team completed a project during which we brought accessibility consultants on board. While the project would ultimately …
Delivering criticism requires some careful communication if you want it received well and acted upon without a lot of negative side effects. While this isn’t always possible, one of the best tips for getting good results from criticism is to …
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We recently shared a productivity tip on making eye contact during meetings. I have noticed that it is becoming common for people to keep their cameras off altogether during remote meetings. Whenever possible, keep them on! By keeping your camera …
Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen. Connectable: How leaders can move teams from isolated to all in. New York: McGraw Hill, 2022, 336 pages. Recently, I was having a conversation with a leader about how her team members were feeling …
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When working in a remote or virtual team there are some patterns that can emerge related to how people are working together. This can be especially true in geographically dispersed remote teams.
Have you ever found yourself tangled up in a text or email conversation where several people are posting at once, and the landscape keeps shifting under your feet? You find yourself responding to only part of a topic, and the …
With the growing interest in virtual or remote work, there are more and more people talking about these topics. Here we have put together a list of podcasts that discuss technology- supported collaboration and remote work.
With summer here, it is a great time to put together a list of books that might be worth adding to your summer reading lists. The following books are all focused on being more effective and successful with remote, virtual, …
