People talk a lot about the hybrid workplace these days. A term not widely used until recently, it blends people working from home with those who work in an office on any given workday. It'll be the norm for many employers soon, some more so than others. What people...
Professional Development Articles
How Managers Should Communicate With Teleworkers
A teleworking manager may be trying to stay connected to a dozen or more direct employees on any given day. Many of these managers and their employees may even be new to teleworking since the pandemic has drastically increased the number of people working from home....
Five Questions to Ask About Working From Home Now
Working from home sounds great until you do it full-time. Occasional teleworking provides flexibility and avoids driving into an office. Teleworking full-time presents different challenges, and the pandemic gave many of us a chance to try it out. After test-driving...
Looking Back at The Year of Telework: Now What?
Throughout the world, the COVID-19 pandemic presented a crisis unlike any we've seen. In response, regulations and social distancing safety measures went into effect. Intended to keep people safe, they also prevented vast numbers of people from going to work. Many...
What Good is Networking When You Work From Home?
Building informal professional networks creates immeasurable value. Not only do these informal networks help propel your career they also foster innovation at your own company. You really never know where the next big idea will come from. The spark of a concept,...
How to Overcome the Illusion of Communication
I've seen numerous examples of miscommunication over my forty-year career. Teaching others to communicate more effectively, I've heard of many more. Sadly, miscommunication happens all the time. We know what we want to say and what we mean. Then we open our mouths or...
Staying Relevant While Out of Sight as a Remote Worker
It’s a brave new world for telework. The number of people working remotely or teleworking has skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic. In fact, a recent survey found that 71% of workers are teleworking or working from home all or most of the time. You might even...