222: Connecting Remote Teams with Responsibility and Accountability

How do you hire, onboard and get the best results in a virtual workplace? Dr. Ronald Beach knows it takes a combination of communication skills, setting clear expectations, and taking time to create a strong relationship with each person on the team. He shares many useful tips from his two books, The Virtual Divide and The Virtual Bridge.

Ron is an Organizational Sociologist with a Ph. D. in Organization and Management. He’s now at the University of Arizona Global Campus, where he serves as the Lead Faculty for the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration within the Forbes School of Business and Technology®.

Before that Ron had more than 25 years’ experience as a manager in high tech manufacturing at companies like Western Digital and Hitachi. He’s also an award-winning author of 7 books.

You’ll discover:

How Ron applied lessons from his years in the Marines to his work in a high-tech manufacturing environment
Why it’s worth a leader’s time to schedule weekly calls with each person on their team
What to include in your onboarding to ensure a good match and high productivity long-term
Ron’s approach to managing his remote team of 84 full-time and adjunct faculty members at the University of Arizona

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077: How to Be a Remarkable Remote Leader

What changes have managers needed to make to lead remote teams during the pandemic? My guest Wayne Turmel Wayne is the co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute, and author or co-author of 12 books including The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership, which he wrote with Kevin Eikenberry. Wayne has spent 25 years in the leadership and communication skills space, the last 15 specializing in virtual communication and remote work.

You’ll discover:

The biggest concerns that leaders have about remote workers
What adjustments managers and workers alike have needed to make
The impact of isolation and loneliness on performance
How to shift from transactional calls to in-depth conversations that reveal potential issues and needs
How technology both facilitates and interferes with communication and productivity

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067: How to Lead in a Virtual Environment

Are you involved with teams struggling to deliver the expected outcomes as they work remotely? Meet my guest George Brough George is a true thought leader on how to achieve fabulous results in a virtual environment. He’s been helping organizations do this for more than 15 years! He has facilitated the growth and success of thousands of companies across the globe by tapping into the underutilized potential of their teams. He’s the founder and CEO of Artha Leadership and is based in Brazil.

You’ll discover:

The difference between managing and leading, especially in a virtual environment
Why trust is even more essential when people are working remotely
How team transformations can happen even if everyone is in a different country
What NASDAQ did to change its culture to a healthier one where people could thrive
Why it’s critical to have diversity instead of just “experts”