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Being a Long-Distance Role Model

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by Kevin Eikenberry As a new or front-line leader, you might think about what it means to be a role model leader. If so, you are thinking about something very important.  Many people will say they want to be a role model as a leader, but the fact is that once you are in the role, people are immediately watching what you are modeling. The question isn’t how to role model – … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership, Remote Work Tagged With: future of work, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership, role model leader

Getting Clear on Your Relationship Building Expectations

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by Guy Harris In 20 years of working to help leaders grow their skills, I have yet to meet a leader who did not understand the need to be clear about their expectations with their team. I am not saying that I have never met a leader who had challenges in this area. I am saying that all of the leaders I have worked with were at least aware of the need to set clear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Future of Work, Remote Work, Teambuilding Tagged With: communicating with employees, future of work, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, relationships, remote work, team building

How to Determine Engagement When Your Team is Remote

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by Kevin Eikenberry Of all the things a new or frontline leader must think about and attend to, employee engagement might not be at the top of this list. We could talk about why it is important, but suffice it to say, it needs to be on our radar.  While getting a handle on that might have seemed hard in the past, now that you may not be able to even see your people at work, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership, Remote Work Tagged With: communicating with employees, employee engagement, future of work, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership, team building

Going Back to Old Spaces in a New Way

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by Stacy Henry If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my life, it’s that you can’t go back to where you used to be. This is especially true today. Since 2020, our lives have changed. Our collected experience has given us better understanding, different expectations, and a new direction. As things are opening up and employees are returning to work, it’s important to recognize a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Future of Work, Remote Work Tagged With: featured blogger, future of work, leadership, morale, trust

Helping Your Hybrid Team Members Thrive

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by Kevin Eikenberry Many people are talking about the future of work and talking about hybrid teams.  Time spent helping build and lead hybrid teams is important (here is the Master Class I created on this topic), but success requires more than that.  Remember that your hybrid team is made up of hybrid team members.  The question today is how can you help each of your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership, Remote Work Tagged With: future of work, Hybrid team, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership

Avoiding Cliques on Your Hybrid Team

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If you’ve become a leader in the last year or two, you’ve begun your career in the weirdest, most complex circumstances imaginable. There are a lot of reasons for this, but one of the main challenges is the increase in hybrid teams. It’s enough of a challenge when all your people are in one location. When everyone is remote, there are similar but unique challenges. But when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Remote Work, Teambuilding Tagged With: collaboration, future of work, hybrid teams, post pandemic workplace, team building, trends

The Future of Work Is More Than a Policy Change

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by Kevin Eikenberry Now that you are a leader get used to your role in implementing new policies. As long as there are organizations, there have been policies and procedures, and I don’t really expect that to change.  Today your organization may be asking you to implement policies related to hybrid and/or flexible work. While there is a policy – the future of work is more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Leadership, Remote Work Tagged With: change leadership, difficult situations, future of work, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership, leadership problems, policy change

How You Can Create Collaboration on Your Hybrid Team

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by Kevin Eikenberry We need our teams to collaborate to get great results. Often, we think of collaboration as a face-to-face activity.  Have you figured out how to do that at a distance from some or all of the team?  Do you know what you need to do to create hybrid collaboration? Here are three things you can do right now to start changing the level and success of your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Leadership, Remote Work Tagged With: collaboration, future of work, hybrid collaboration, hybrid teams, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership

Transitioning to Your Leadership Role with a Hybrid Team

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by Guy Harris The transition from individual contributor to leader calls for changes in at least three areas of your work life: your relationships, your skills, and your mindset. Managing these three transitions simultaneously is almost always a challenge, and the challenge is made even more difficult when you work with a "hybrid" work in the office/work from home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Future of Work, Leadership, Remote Work Tagged With: communicating with employees, communication, future of work, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, leadership, new leaders, transition

Remember What It Was Like to Be a Team Member

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by Kevin Eikenberry As a leader we need to understand the expectations and needs of our team members. As a new leader, especially if we were promoted from within the team we now lead, that should be an opportunity – we have walked in those shoes, and likely have a sense of the wants and needs of those we now lead. Remembering and applying those lessons is important and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: expectations, future of work, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership

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