Distance Leader

Occasionally, I run across an article that reflects my thoughts as a distance leader and distance worker. A couple of months ago, Gina Boedeker, the founder and CEO of the Boedeker Group, wrote a fantastic article about the misconceptions that others may have of work-at-home employees and roles. Here's a link to the article in LinkedIn.com: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-do-you-when-work-from-home-spoiler-alert-some-best-boedeker/

This week on the Distance Leader Podcast show 0114, we’re talking about some great first steps in your role as a distance leader. Here are some of our guiding questions: How do I transition to a distance leader for employees I have never met? What can I do to “shrink the distance” between my employees and me?

This week on the Distance Leader Podcast show 0113, we’re talking about the expectations that distance leaders have for their teams. Here are some of our guiding questions: How do you maximize the time you have with part-time employees? How do you encourage effective work behaviors for team members who may not be comfortable working virtually?

This week on the Distance Leader Podcast show 0112, we’re talking about building appropriate team and employee expectations as a distance leader. Here are some of our guiding questions: How can a distance leader communicate expectations? How can a distance leader focus on positive, self-reinforcing interactions?

What are some of the expectations do your employees have for you? What are some of the expectations you have for your boss(es)? This week's show addresses the concepts of hidden or discussed expectations as a distance leader... not an easy task!

Often organizations develop competencies as a way to measure… something. It’s not quite clear, but the goal is to recognize behaviors and habits that lead to business success. In this episode, we discuss different methods of using competencies with employees and for leaders.

Today’s podcast is a very, very brief overview of competencies, or outcomes-relevant measures of knowledge, skills, abilities, and traits and/or motives. The history of competencies goes back into intelligence testing in the industrial age, leading to “grading” approaches that may not be the best ways to establish the right “fit” for a role or position in an organization. Instead, being able to understand the right competencies for the culture and job functions could yield better hiring and performance results.

At some point, I realized that I was a distance leader... and I changed my leadership approach accordingly. This week, we discuss how leadership has changed with the arrival of distance work approaches.

Why in the world would you want to change an organization from being in an office to being a virtual team? Does it make sense to make your workplace a virtual team environment?  How will your organization finally see the benefits of going virtual? Leadership styles have emerged in the modern workplace related to the […]

This week on the DistanceLeader podcast, we’re going to take a look at developing effective criteria for distance work as both a leader and for your team.