One of the most important aspects to successful remote work?
Rituals.
We spoke with Erica Keswin, author of the just published “Rituals Roadmap” about this important element to maintaining a connected culture. In addition to this pearl of wisdom you can use right now to lead your company, you can watch the entire discussion in our Fireside Chat Recap by Elisa Camahort Page.
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David Burkus on Leading from Anywhere, Working Remotely
If you are leading a remote team, whether you’ve been doing it for years or are doing it for the first time, pick up a copy of David Burkus’ just released book, “Leading from Anywhere”. It’s a fantastic guide to the many challenges and opportunities remote leaders face in today’s world, as remote work has become a mainstay and an integral foundation for collaboration. One issue I raised with David was concerning what qualities or aptitudes were necessary to be a great remote worker. His response was pointed, and in our belief, accurate. If you are looking to hire for a remote team, these are the things you should look for in future team members. If you are someone who wants to succeed at working remotely on a distributed team, keep working on up-skilling yourself in these three areas. Great remote workers are good collaborators. They coordinate their work well…
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A Lesson from 2020: We Must Slow Down
2020 taught us a lot this year, mainly that “slowing down” is not a luxury, but a requirement for our mental health and wellness. Our society can no longer operate at warp speed. There is too much at stake to ignore this challenge.
“Our love of speed has turned into an addiction.” We need to stop overreacting, being quick to anger, and slow to empathy if we want to help build a brighter tomorrow.
Giving yourself permission to go slow, to be more present, is no longer something we should do, it is something we MUST do.
The fourth step to lifelong life-work-activism integration? TRACK.
If you’ve been following my advice on how to build your personal road map to being an effective everyday activist, you’ve triaged your issues and picked those on which you commit to being a leader. And you’ve done the research to find others who are prioritizing and focusing on your core…
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Remote Work. A better way?
One of the founding beliefs of Remotely is that we know better and should do better. Better at what? Everything. We not only have the knowledge we already need somewhere in our world, but the wisdom is freely available to anyone willing to seek it. This is especially true regarding organizational…
FIVE FROM THE ISLAND: 4 Dec 20
Welcome to the Island, as they say. We are looking at frightening new Coronavirus statistics and the real possibility that we’ll soon be in much more restrictive conditions as lock-downs and curfews are on the horizon. So time for Five From The Island. This week we explore some interesting perspectives on…
The Third Step to Lifelong Life-Work-Activism Integration? CONTRIBUTE.
If you’ve been following my advice on how to build your personal road map to being an effective everyday activist, you’ve triaged your issues and picked those on which you commit to being a leader. And you’ve done the research to find others who are prioritizing and focusing on your core…
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The WiFi Blues
Getting your home network rig ready for prime time. What tech malady most terrified office workers over the years? In the 1990s it was the BSOD “blue screen of death” in Windows. In the 2000s it was the “spinning wheel of death.” Now it’s “Your internet connection is unstable.” Talk about…