It’s good to take a day off here and there. Not only to recharge your batteries but to see what your team is able to do in your absence. What do they pick up? What do they own? What gets dropped? What falls through the cracks? How many emails do you come back to needing an urgent reply? Where does the team need more support? In short, where are the gaps and what do you…
Right now in 2020, there are more meetings happening in the world then have ever happened in the history of the world. Why? Because it’s the only medium we have left to talk with people. Or rather, it’s become the medium we default to when we need to talk to someone. We eschew random 5-minute calls because “we don’t want to interrupt someone” but a 30 minute pre-scheduled meeting won’t disrupt them? We’ve spent the…
When people work remotely, it becomes clear – immediately – who is leading the team and who is managing it. Managing a remote team is easy – you check the presence icon and make sure it’s green and work is being done in the ticket system. Leading a remote team is a whole other endeavour and involves checking in with the team, seeing how they are doing, inquiring as to whether they need help, encouraging…
Season One of Remotely Prepared is almost in the books and it has been a great season. We are winding down with some fantastic content and great interviews. I would have liked to have published all the content in one day because it’s all so great. As we gear up for Season 2, we’re honing in on one singular topic that I think we’re all starting to deal with in a greater capacity and that…
Since the pandemic began, I’ve had a cracked windshield. It happened innocently enough and at the height of the pandemic, the company was able to come to my house and fix the windshield. Since then, there have been issues with the mirror not holding on. Not sure why, but each time (we’re on our third attempt now), the company has sent someone out to look at it, no matter where my car is and they…