125 – Managing Remote Workers

125 – Managing Remote Workers

If you are a manager of a team that is now working remote, you are in trouble! The methods you used to manage a team sitting in the office with you will not work. Managing a remote team is totally different. I have had the pleasure and problems of working remote off...
08 – Don’t Make Customers First Priority

08 – Don’t Make Customers First Priority

For decades I have seen stories about how customers need to come first for the success of a business.  I actually bought into this theory for a number of years (blush). But, after observing a number of companies up close and how this goal is implemented, I realize...
122 – Remote Work Micromanagers

122 – Remote Work Micromanagers

There is a potential problem popping up again with remote work: The Micromanager boss. It is bad enough to have a micromanaging boss when you are in an office with them. When you are remote, the boss anxiety shoots up to painful heights.  Remember, micromanagement by...
07 – The Robots Are Taking Over

07 – The Robots Are Taking Over

We are told that robots are becoming more human-like and will take on our characteristics. We see them as perfect and performing flawlessly compared to us broken down humans.  It is enough to give a person a complex.  I can see a new branch of counseling – to...
121 – Staying in Touch

121 – Staying in Touch

Reach out and touch someone!  That has been the slogan for AT&T and phone companies many years ago. It is even more important now. Now that so many are working out of our homes, staying in touch is so terribly important. As a survivor (and thriving) of remote work...