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Getting Clear on Your Relationship Building Expectations

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relationships

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

Coaching Leaders of Hybrid Teams

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by Guy Harris Coaching team members can be challenging even when everyone is in the same place. Coaching a team with everyone working remotely introduces additional challenges. And coaching a team with some members working in the office and others working remotely (a hybrid team), introduces still more challenges. Coaching a hybrid team of leaders who also lead hybrid teams … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coaching & Feedback, Future of Work, Remote Work Tagged With: coaching, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, 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

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

Your Hybrid Team Might Have Multiple Cultures

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by Guy Harris Team cultures develop for many reasons. Some factors affecting team culture include: Recent team history The style makeup of team members The type of work the team does  The physical location the team is in  How the leader interacts with the team as a whole How the leader interacts with individual team members How team members interact … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Teambuilding Tagged With: culture, Guy Harris, hybrid teams, leadership, remote work, team building

Leading Without Experience or a Roadmap

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post pandemic workplace

by Kevin Eikenberry I’ve always said that the transition from team member to leader for the first time is the toughest transition we make in our career. During the pandemic, it got even harder. And yet, now, faced with an uncertain future – the post-pandemic workplace - it might now be the hardest time ever to move from Bud to Boss. You’ll be seeing more content here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Remote Work Tagged With: future of work, hybrid teams, hybrid work, Kevin Eikenberry, new leaders, post pandemic workplace, remote work

Are You Ready for a Flexible Work Future?

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by Kevin Eikenberry As a new or front-line leader you are in a unique position related to changes in work location and working hours.  You need to help your team adapt to new levels of flexibility, and you must succeed in this new environment personally as well.  A few months ago I created a video to help equip leaders and teammates prepare for a flexible working future.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Remote Work Tagged With: flexible work, future of work, hybrid leadership, hybrid teams, post pandemic workplace, remote leadership

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