Remote Leadership

Debra Dinnocenzo highlights some key reminders for leaders and teams as the shift back to the workplace begins and remote/hybrid work expands. Listen for tips, techniques, and tools for effectively leading and teaming from a distance and while (sometimes) co-located with team members, some of whom are not on-site on a continual basis. Debra offers a free resource to help leaders conduct effective coaching discussions. The “Coaching Discussion Guidelines” is available on the free mobile app – download the VirtualWorks! app from the App Store or Google Play.

Debra Dinnocenzo discusses tips, techniques, and tools for effective remote coaching. As one of the back-to-basics leadership skills of critical importance for remote leaders, skillful coaching allows remote leaders to improve performance and coach for success. Debra offers a free resource to help leaders conduct effective coaching discussions. The “Coaching Discussion Guidelines” is available on the free mobile app – download the VirtualWorks! app from the App Store or Google Play.

Tim Renjilian shares his experience and insights on the challenges of sustaining and strengthening culture in the evolving remote/hybrid workplace. Tim provides solutions leaders can deploy to keep teams engaged and to convey cultural values. From both pre- and post-pandemic perspectives, Tim offers important lessons on the critical aspect of building and maintaining culture from a distance, while leveraging face-to-face opportunities to the greatest advantage.

Debra Dinnocenzo discusses leadership fundamentals and how they can best be adapted to the remote workplace. While remote/hybrid work will characterize and shape our workplace into the future, leaders can leverage fundamental leadership skills if they can successfully adapt them to the ‘next normal’ of the virtual workplace. Debra offers a free resource to help leaders and teams conduct effective remote meetings using the “Virtual Meeting Checklist” available at: www.virtualworkswell.com/checklist

Insights from Mark Elliott on challenges, solutions, and best practices for onboarding new leaders and keys to effective onboarding of leaders and managers in the expanding remote/hybrid workplace.

Debra Dinnocenzo discusses the key elements of trust and how to build trust from a distance. Leaders of remote and hybrid teams must help their team members understand the elements of familiarity, integrity, and reliability in building trust and, thereby, building a strong and committed team. This episode also highlights some important learnings from pandemic times relative to connecting more authentically, listening with empathy, and strengthening trust. Debra offers a free resource with additional information on this topic at www.virtualworkswell.com/trust

Insights from Jason Morwick on challenges, solutions, and best practices for shifting to a remote-first culture. Highlights of the challenges of implementing remote-first in an international organization and how to accommodate needs and circumstances unique to different country cultures and practices.

When the Covid-19 pandemic changed the way we live and work, no one was prepared for the extent of these changes or how long they would need to stay in effect. Leaders are trained to handle upheaval, but this health crisis presented a long-term challenge that disrupted our global economy at its core. Here we are, nearly two years later, still reacting to the reverberations of that disruption. The role of leaders has changed, and it’s likely that things aren’t going back to the way they were. Remote work and hybrid arrangements are the next normal. Leaders have to perform their roles differently by leaning further into trust, beyond resistance and discomfort, and learn how to effectively manage from afar. In the first episode of Remote Leadership, we discuss the challenges that Covid-19 has presented both inside and outside of the workplace. We’ll break down the new understanding we’ve gained about the evolving role of leaders and share a few interesting statistics from employee and leadership perspectives when it comes to working remotely.

Insights from Debra Dinnocenzo on the keys to remote leadership success and critical skills for achieving results from a distance. Highlights of the challenges of reshaping organizational culture, engaging teams, and implementing work/life solutions to achieve talent attraction/retention objectives.

Welcome to the Remote Leadership Podcast