Our thought leadership in blogs and podcasts

  • Make your virtual meetings shorter
    The problem with meetings - both phyisical and virtual - isn't so much with the meetings themselves, but in how we have traditionally planned, run and use them.
  • 20 years of presenting online
    It has been 20 years since online presentations really began. Yet even now, a dispiritingly high proportion of them aren't very good, and many are just plain awful. But why?
  • Three components of a team communication plan
    If you read last week's article on preparing for communication emergencies, there was one question left unanswered: what should a team communication plan contain?
  • Snow storms, zombie attacks and the Olympic apocalypse
    Remember last year when a snow storm shut down the US for two days? Or are you already working out how you'll get to work in London during the upcoming Olympics? With a good communication plan, you don't need to worry about either eventuality.
  • All-virtual or all-there?
    Whether to have a completely virtual or a completely physical workplace seems to be the question a lot of companies are asking themselves. But it's the wrong question. This shouldn't be an either-or proposition.
  • Too many tools
    The problem with getting people to use technology at work isn't always a lack of tools - it's having too many to choose from and not mastering any of them. How's your team doing on that score?
  • The Cranky Middle Manager Show #310 Marshall Goldsmith Talks Leadership

    today, Wayne Turmel has a candid and casual conversation with Marshall Goldsmith about his being named one of the top 50 Business thinkers in the world.  How did he get there, and what’s the state of leadership today? Also we talk cockatiels and working from home. You also have a homework assignment so pull up an earbud and join us.

  • Don't save the best for last
    Many people make an understandable, but very serious mistake when they're leading an online meeting. They save the most important items for last. Here's why saving the best for last works against you.
  • Will 2012 be the year of virtual worlds?
    Virtual worlds haven't exactly set the business world on fire up to now. But could all that be about to change? If virtual worlds stop trying to be cool and show how they can help organizations save money and be more effective, they might just start to catch on.
  • HR and virtual employees
    Most of the rules companies work under are badly outdated. And that's particularly true when it comes to remote working, where most HR departments are scrambling to make sense of what's happened.
  • The Cranky Middle Manager Show #309 Re-Energizing Your Leadership Attitude Steve Farber

    Today Wayne Turmel talks to Steve Farber about his book The Radical Leap Re-Energized. We also discuss creating calendars, sappy new year’s wishes and learning to love your job again. Seriously.