Long-Distance Worklife - A Hybrid & Remote Work Podcast

Wayne Turmel interviews Angela Shurina, an executive brain coach, about how to stay productive while working remotely. They discuss the evolving workplace and the growing trend of remote work, which allows people to work from anywhere. However, Shurina notes that many people struggle with the mindset needed for remote work, and she provides tips and strategies to help listeners overcome these chal...

In this episode of Long-Distance Worklife, co-hosts Marisa Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel discuss "the great mismatch" between organizations and remote workers when it comes to returning to the office. They explain that while there has always been a mismatch in expectations, the pandemic has highlighted the need for flexibility and understanding from both sides. They suggest that organizations need t...

Wayne Turmel joins Tamara Sanderson and Ali Greene, authors of the book  Remote Works: Managing for Freedom, Flexibility and Focus , to discuss their passion for remote work and the importance of intentionality in successfully transitioning to remote work. They stress the need for companies to have non-negotiables in place, including trust-building, autonomy, and rethinking traditional management...

Marisa Eikenberry shares some recent frustrations when email was treated as a form of synchronous communication and how it pushed against her communication boundaries. Wayne Turmel and Marisa use that situation to discuss the importance of setting boundaries in the workplace, particularly for remote team members. They emphasize that if a pattern of behavior is established and not addressed, it wil...

Wayne Turmel and Roger Courville discuss the impact of virtual communication on presentations and the importance of teaching skills rather than solely focusing on technology. They note that communication is a crucial factor in the success of virtual hybrid work and that the key to success is how technology is used to connect with people. The conversation also touches on the difficulties of present...

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 fu...

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...

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 potent...

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 rele...

Marisa Eikenberry asks Wayne Turmel about culture from his new book with Kevin Eikenberry, The Long-Distance Team. They cover: What is culture? What's the difference between microculture and macroculture? Can culture happen in remote environments or do you have to bring people back to the office? And they define some starting steps that leaders can take to improve their culture.  Additional Resour...

Stan Meshkov, CEO and Founder of Umbrella IT, UnSpot, and RomDo, joins Wayne to discuss what makes hybrid offices work. They discuss things like the importance of communicating when you're in or not in the office, hoteling, and what organizations are doing differently in order to make a hybrid situation work. Featured Guest Name:   Stan Meshkov What He Does:  CEO & Founder of Umbrella IT, UnSpot,...

Marisa Eikenberry interviews Wayne Turmel and Kevin Eikenberry about their upcoming book  The Long-Distance Team,  releasing on Feb. 28th. They cover who the book is for, why they chose to define terms like 'team' and 'culture' in the beginning of the book, and how this book fits together with  The Long-Distance Leader  and  The Long-Distance Teammate .  Featured Guest Name:   Kevin Eikenberry Wha...

Wayne meets with Jacques Martiquet, The Party Scientist, to discuss the importance of creating positive atmospheres for relationship building. Jacques emphasizes the things we need to do in order to create deeper relationships among remote teams. And by doing these steps, this creates psychological safety for everyone involved.  Featured Guest Name:   Jacques Martiquet What He Does:  Jacques W. Ma...

Wayne and Marisa continue their conversation from their episode about The Long-Distance Teammate by discussing ethical visibility. They explore how remote workers and their teams can foster ethical visibility in their work, from understanding what it is to how to act on it with managers and teammates. They also discuss how leaders can recognize remote workers, and how to keep ethical visibility in...

Alan Whitman, CEO at Baker Tilly, joins Wayne to discuss what happens when you allow tax accountants (and other professional services) to be innovative in the world of remote work. They discuss some of the things that his company has had to change and adapt to in order to continue growing the company. Featured Guest Name:   Alan Whitman What He Does:  CEO at  Baker Tilly  US and Chairman of the Bo...

Marisa and Wayne celebrate the 2nd anniversary of  The Long-Distance Teammate  by discussing the 3 P Model of Remote Work Success, the difference between team member and teammate, what it was like to write this book as remote work was becoming more prevalent in 2020, and what it was like to write a book about remote work remotely.  Key Points 00:42 - The 3 P Model of Remote Work Success 14:10 - Th...

Carolyn Stern joins Wayne to discuss her new book,  The Emotionally Strong Leader: An Inside Out Journey to Transformational Leadership . They discuss why showing emotion as a leader is actually a good thing and not a sign of weakness as well as how to do that effectively within your organization. Featured Guest Name:   Carolyn Stern What She Does:  Emotional Intelligence expert, author, professor...

Before 2020, many annual planning meetings were conducted in-person, but how do you do that in a remote or hybrid environment? Wayne and Marisa discuss things you should think about when doing annual meetings remotely as well as how you can do a hybrid meeting based on their own recent experience at The Kevin Eikenberry Group.  Additional Resources Learn more about Marisa Eikenberry Connect with M...

We're so thankful that we've had so many new listeners over the last several months so we thought it might be a great idea to re-introduce ourselves. Thank you for listening and we can't wait to bring you new episodes next year. In this first episode, Wayne Turmel and Marisa Eikenberry discuss what The Long-Distance Worklife is all about, what they hope to accomplish in upcoming episodes, and thei...

We've had a lot of amazing conversations since we launched in March. In this episode, we're highlighting our top five most downloaded episodes and sharing a clip from each one.  Additional Resources Quiet Quitting and How to Handle It How to Conduct Performance Reviews Remotely How is Remote Work Changing the World of Human Resources? with Suzanne Lucas (Evil HR Lady) Feeling More Connected with Y...

During this time of year, we find that lots of offices either have employees taking time off or the office might actually shut down completely for a period of time. Wayne and Marisa discuss how this can work on remote teams, what international teams might need to be aware of, and how employees can help team members know that they're not going to be in the office.  **In this episode we accidentally...

A study came out that said that in-person meetings had more creativity than remote meetings, but is that really accurate? Elise Keith from Lucid Meetings joins Wayne Turmel to discuss that study, how to collaborate effectively on remote meetings, and how meetings have changed since the pandemic started.  Additional Resources Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation study Connect with E...

For many remote workers, seeing an instant message with nothing but "Hi" in it is a huge pet peeve. Which is why many are beginning to talk about something called the  No Hello Club . Wayne and Marisa discuss what the No Hello Club is, why it's important to be cognizant of the medium you're communicating with, and why "treat others the way you want to be treated" is actually bad advice when it com...

Robert Bogue, from Thor Projects, talks about the importance of having empathetic conversations in remote and hybrid teams. Rob and Wayne discuss cognitive empathy, what empathy really is, and motivational interviewing.  Additional Resources Art of Empathetic Conversations Online Course Book review mentioning Argyris Robert's Blog Thor Projects Learn more about Wayne Turmel Email Wayne Turmel Purc...

For some of us, working from home means having your home to yourself. But for many, including hosts Wayne and Marisa, there are other people at home while you're working. In this episode, we talk about some of the struggles that can happen when you can't separate your home and work life, how to create boundaries between you and others in your home so you can get some work done, and ways to connect...