Wayne Turmel

Wayne Turmel

For almost 30 years, Wayne Turmel has been obsessed with how people communicate - or don't - at work. He has spent more than two decades focused on remote and virtual work and is 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 lives in Las Vegas.

Managing remote and hybrid team performance

Managing performance in remote and hybrid teams adds layers of complexity to an already stressful situation. But with predictability, clarity and empathy, the drama can be overcome.

The bird watcher's guide to hybrid work

Taking up bird watching has got me thinking about birds, about evolution, and about what this has to do with the evolving workplace.

Long-distance leadership: letting go and leaning in

Leading a remote or hybrid team requires a different mindset than you may have had if everyone was all together in the same physical space.

Welcome back to the office. it hasn't got any better

Companies trying to get staff back into the office need to address some fundamental questions about culture, productivity and collaboration if those RTO mandates are going succeed.

Remote working needs a unicorn

Despite Amazon and other companies pulling the rug from under remote working, they will never be able to put the genie back in the bottle.

Five remote team new year's resolutions

The new year is a great time to ask some fundamental questions about how your remote team works together and what needs to change.

Supporting mental health on remote and hybrid teams

As a team leader, you need to be aware of the mental health of your team. So here are ten things to consider about creating and maintaining a healthy workplace environment.

Remote teams and common goals

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

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

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.

Latest book podcasts

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Steve Cockram: the Voice-Driven Leader

Steve Cockram, co-founder of Giant Worldwide, talks about his latest book, 'The Voice-Driven Leader' and explains how to create environments in which every voice gets heard.

What is Relationship Currency?

Keynote speaker and transformational coach, Ravi Rajani, talks about his new book, 'Relationship currency: five communication habits for limitless influence and business success'.

Hone - how purposeful leaders defy drift

We dive into the new book from Deloitte's Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach, 'Hone - how purposeful leaders defy drift'.

Lesley Cooper on stress and pressure at work

In this episode we discuss wellbeing at work with Lesley Cooper, including the issues of fear-based cultures and psychological safety.

Hybrid work: do you want a mule or a platypus?

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

How are team’s hybrid working arrangements working out? Are they better or worse than you expected?

Communication is more than a transaction

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

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

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)?

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

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?

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?

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

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?

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

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?

Does working remotely make work less toxic?

Some unwelcome workplace behaviors disappear when we work remotely. But when the way we work changes, so do the ways we manage to annoy and undermine each other.

Latest book reviews

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Work Happier: How to be Happy and Successful at Work

Work Happier: How to be Happy and Successful at Work

Mark Price

An expertly crafted guide that doesn't just theorise about workplace satisfaction but provides a clear roadmap to achieve it.

Relationship Currency

Relationship Currency

Ravi Rajani

In an era where AI can draft emails and manage our schedules, 'Relationship Currency' is a timely reminder of the importance of investing in genuine human connection.

Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously)

Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously)

Bree Groff

The solution to improved performance isn't productivity hacks or better time management - we just need to inject more joy into our time at work.