March 2023 - The Long-Distance Worklife

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Ask Wayne Anything, Surviving Remote Work, Working Remotely

Remote Work Rants: Venting Our Pet Peeves

We're celebrating the one-year anniversary of Long-Distance Worklife by starting a new series where we'll be diving into some pet peeves of remote teams that you sent to us. In this episode, we cover people who think people who work from home are always available and coworkers who refuse to use Slack and use email for everything.

Send us your pet peeves if you'd like us to talk about them in a future episode.

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Remote leadership experts, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, help leaders navigate the new world of remote and hybrid teams to design the culture they desire for their teams and organizations in their new book!

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Hybrid Work, Leadership, Working Remotely

Designing a Winning Culture for Remote Teams: Insights from the Authors of The Long-Distance Team

This episode is a recording from this year's Virtual LeaderCon event that was all about culture on remote and hybrid teams. As more and more teams are working remotely, it's important to understand how to build successful remote teams. Jeff Brown sits down with Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, authors of The Long-Distance Team, as they share their insights and experiences on the challenges of leading and managing culture on remote teams, as well as practical tips and strategies for building strong teams, the difference between microculture and macroculture, and how to design a team in a virtual work environment. Whether you're a team leader, a remote worker, or just interested in learning more about remote work, you won't want to miss this engaging and informative conversation. Tune in to discover how to make remote work work for you!

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Ask Wayne Anything, Leadership, Working Remotely

Creating Ethical Visibility on Remote Teams

Wayne Turmel and Marisa Eikenberry revisit the topic of ethical visibility thanks to some feedback from listeners. They discuss the difference between ethical visibility and self-promotion as well as sharing some practical strategies for creating ethical visibility in your organization.

They also discuss the role of leaders in encouraging ethical visibility within the organization and the potential costs of not prioritizing it. Wayne Turmel highlights the importance of conscious effort in creating ethical visibility, particularly in remote or hybrid work settings.

Tune in to learn how to create a culture of ethical visibility in your organization and become a leader who values and prioritizes ethical visibility in the workplace.

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Read Deeper, Not Faster: Choosing The Right Business Books For Your Organization With Theresa Destrebecq

Wayne Turmel interviews Theresa Destrebecq, founder of Emerge Book Circles, about the importance of reading deeper instead of faster. Teresa emphasizes that books can easily become shelf development if not read with intention and purpose. She shares her philosophy on choosing books that align with an organization's strategies, challenges, and solutions. Theresa also provides tips on selecting relevant books that are timely and complement ongoing work. Emerge Book Circles is a combination of Theresa's work in education and coaching where she facilitates book learning communities within organizations to support interdependent ways of working.

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Name: Theresa Destrebecq

What She Does: Founder of Emerge Book Circles and co-host of The Leader Learner Podcast

Notable: Theresa Destrebecq is a passionate learner and leader, who loves to read, so she started Emerge Book Circles to bring book learning to companies to make it more social and transformational. It’s about moving beyond just consuming ideas in isolation, to connecting those ideas to yourself, your colleagues, and your work.

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