Chances are if you work remotely your team will either use Slack or Teams, sure there are some other alternatives but in the interest of not writing out 50 competitors, let’s take the two. These tools are great, making collaboration across time-zones simple when people are only a message away. Yet therein lies the problem,…
Communication is tough, make no mistake about it. I’m no expert, you’re not an expert and anyone that says they are well they most likely aren’t. Communicating in a traditional office environment you have social queues, body language and often real-time communication. Transitioning to a remote-work environment can be a culture shock, someone says “ok”….
Let me tell you I’ve historically been terrible at setting boundaries when working remotely which may make you think “Jack, how can you advise me to set boundaries if you can’t even do it yourself”. That’s because I’ve been there and bought the t-shirt. You know the drill, team members located around the world, 4,…