by Joanie Connell | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog, Leadership, Remote Management
A colleague told me just today that a client paid for him to travel to have face-to-face meetings because they believed the results were much higher quality than phone meetings. After he flew all the way across the country for a few hours of meetings, he said it was...
by Joanie Connell | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog, REAL Life Skills, Remote Management
It’s really becoming clear how unhealthy it is to sit at your desk all day and type on your computer. “Sitting is the new smoking” I’ve heard on more than one occasion. Do I want sitting to cause me to have an endlessly miserable old age? Right in the center of middle...
by Joanie Connell | Aug 16, 2014 | Blog, Flexible Work, Leadership
This is a compelling story from the New York Times on how new shift scheduling technology (and corporate desire for higher profits) affects lower-level employees and their ability to meet demands outside of work. Working Anything But 9-5: Scheduling Technology Leaves...
by Joanie Connell | Jul 6, 2014 | Blog, Flexible Work, Leadership, Resilient
By Joanie Connell Taking two weeks off in itself is a great way to gain perspective on life. Traveling to another country is even better. I just returned from two weeks in Paris. During those two weeks I experienced a very different way of life. I was kept up till all...
by Joanie Connell | May 12, 2014 | Blog, Employee Engagement and Retention, Flexible Work, Leadership
By Joanie Connell A scary trend is emerging for companies to ban flexible work. Don’t do it. As explained in last week’s post about following along the fads without thinking, this is a bad idea. The workplace is changing whether we like it or not. That is a constant....