From the best-selling authors, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, who "wrote the book" on remote leadership, comes THE BOOK for leaders navigating the remote workplace today.
In The Long-Distance Leader, you’ll learn the subtle but often painfully different nuances of leading in the world of virtual work. You’ll also learn how to apply the timeless principles of leadership to help you have better relationships, get more done and have more success. The principles of leadership haven’t changed. They’re timeless and true regardless of where you—and your people—are.
The Long-Distance Leader is more than just a book – it includes access to exclusive online tools and resources including:
Team Goal Clarity
Assessment
Building Remote Work
Routines Checklist
Remote Goal Setting
Checklist
Remote Performance
Management Tool
Trust Thermostat Tool
Pre-Conference Call
Checklist
Virtual Presentation
Checklist
Organizational Team
Assessment
Based on research with real-life practicing managers, The Long-Distance Leader offers nineteen rules that guide remote leaders through the most pressing challenges they face. How many are you following?
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Introduction
Principle comes first; action thereafter.
― Todd Stocker, speaker and pastor
The best place to start is at the beginning. We don’t want you to search for or try to surmise the premise of this book.
Our premise: Leading a team at a distance is first and foremost about leadership, and the principles of leadership haven’t changed—they are principles. What has changed is that people are working in different places and perhaps at different times.
Given those changes, how we apply the timeless principles of leadership in this new world matters a great deal—for the team members working at a distance, for you as their leader, and for the organization that you all serve.
This book is about both the principles and the nuances that matter so much. While there are adjustments we need to make to lead in a world with more distance between team members, there is far more that won’t change. We plan to show you the principles and nuances and help you recognize the difference.
This premise leaves us with a few things to clear up before we begin in earnest.
What Is Leadership?
More is being written about this topic than ever before, and still we need to set the context, since the words “leadership” and “leading” are both in the title of the book. Here is what we believe:
Leadership is present when people are choosing to follow someone toward a desired future outcome.
So . . .
You are only leading if people are following.
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