Wayne Turmel
For almost 30 years, Wayne Turmel has been obsessed with how people communicate - or don't - at work. He has spent the last 20 years focused on remote and virtual work, recognized as one of the top 40 Remote Work Experts in the world. Besides writing for Management Issues, he has authored or co-authored 15 books, including The Long-Distance Leader and The Long-Distance Teammate. He is the lead Remote and Hybrid Work subject matter expert for the The Kevin Eikenberry Group. Originally from Canada, he now makes his home in Las Vegas, US.
Remote teams and common goals
19 Nov 2024
When your team isn’t physically co-located, how do you help everyone understand and stay focused on their common goals?
Why remote work can be hard on trust
04 Oct 2024
Trust is critical to successful remote and hybrid work. But even with the best of intentions, doubt and suspicion can creep in.
Getting honest feedback as a long-distance leader
23 Sep 2024
Getting honest feedback is critical for anyone in a leadership role. But imagine how much more difficult this is when you and your team are in different physical places.
Hybrid work: do you want a mule or a platypus?
12 Aug 2024
Would you describe the hybrid workplace as a mule or as a platypus? Stick with me, because the question is not as crazy as it might sound.
Remote working and mental health
29 Jul 2024
One of the more interesting and talked-about topics around remote and hybrid working is how it impacts people’s mental health.
Managing performance on hybrid teams
09 Jul 2024
As hybrid working becomes more and more widespread, one of the biggest difficulties that has emerged is how to manage individual performance when some people are in the office more than others.
Surviving re-orgs and buyouts at a distance
06 Jun 2024
For people working remotely, an internal re-organization or an external buyout can be especially disconcerting and confusing.
Are America and Europe returning to the office in the same way?
18 Apr 2024
It has been four years since Covid caused a seismic change in how and where people work. But are North America and Europe handling this trend in the same way? The evidence says not.
What to do when you’re just not feeling it?
18 Mar 2024
Working remotely can be great, but it can also be isolating, especially on those days when you’re lacking motivation or just can’t seem to get to grips with what needs to be done.
What to do if hybrid isn’t working
27 Feb 2024
How are team’s hybrid working arrangements working out? Are they better or worse than you expected?
Communication is more than a transaction
17 Jan 2024
One of the biggest complaints about working remotely is that communication has become a series of transactions. But why is that a problem?
The critical factor for team collaboration
13 Dec 2023
It doesn’t matter if your team is co-located, fully remote, or hybrid. Work slows if people can’t get access to the critical information they need to do their jobs.
Beware these remote management biases
17 Nov 2023
We all have biases that occasionally get us in trouble. And that's as true in a remote management context as it is in any other workplace setting.
Who is working from home (and who isn't)?
18 Oct 2023
Why do some people work from home and others prefer (or have no choice but) to work in the office? The reasons are more varied than you might think.
Inclusion is the key to engagement
07 Sep 2023
How do you keep employees engaged when they aren’t interacting with colleagues every day? The answer is to try to include them whenever the opportunity arises.
Great expectations?
05 Jul 2023
An issue many managers come up against on remote or hybrid teams is that there are fewer opportunities to inspect peoples' work in person, or on-demand. Dealing with this is all about expectations.
The great mismatch?
04 Apr 2023
First was "the Great Resignation." Then there was "Quiet Quitting." But the latest buzzword flying around to help us understand the changing workplace is "the Great Mismatch."
Leaders, teammates, and teams
09 Mar 2023
The trend for remote work was rising for years before the COVID tsunami hit. But now we've passed that first big wave of change, what will teamwork look like going forward?
We're at a post-Covid inflection point. Now what?
17 Feb 2023
Three years of Covid-inspired disruption to the way work is done has left uncertainty in its wake. But waving a magic wand and saying, "we're going back to the way things were," isn't going to work for a number of reasons.
Company culture: the bigger picture
24 Jan 2023
How do we judge a company or team's culture? What role does working together physically play in creating it? Maybe more important, and harder to answer - how do we know?