Category: Smart Career Moves: Self Leadership

Working Virtually, Free Bonuses, Remote Leadership, Virtual Teams, Digital Nomad

It’s Time to Read Working Virtually if You Haven’t Already

It’s official – Working Virtually: Transforming the Mobile Workplace is a Best-Of Book! One of Technical Communication‘s Best Books reviewed. If you’ve already read Working Virtually, I’d sure love it if you’d post a review on Amazon! Thank you!!! Book Review: Working Virtually: Transforming the Mobile Workforce. Volume 65, Number 2, May 2018 l Technical …

Working Virtually: Transforming the Mobile Workplace, 2nd Ed. Is On Bookstore Shelves Today – Digital and Print! 

Working Virtually is a permanent part of the workplace today. Transactional work – provided by freelancers, contract employees or consultants – has increased exponentially. It is forecast that as much as half the labor force will be working independently and virtually by 2020. Trina first sees her book in print. Most organizations and leaders are …

Learn Better Book Shows How to Learn New Things – The Atlantic

I just read an interview with Learn Better author. Whether I’m teaching tomorrow’s workforce today, training educators, or working with virtual leaders, it’s all about Connection, Relationship, and Meaning – with information, with each other, with our goals. Source: Learn Better Book Shows How to Learn New Things – The Atlantic

Teaching is My Lifelong Passion

Reposting a blog post I wrote for the educators I’ll be meeting in Australia this spring when they bring me in as a virtual learning engagement master.

Pragmatic Wisdom from a Seasoned Virtual Leader

Guest Contributor and long-time colleague, Amy Connell, has worked in a highly visible marketing capacity for three Fortune 500 companies. Read her story and suggestions here. Also, my first on-demand course is available through this blog post. The Powerful Role of the Virtual Leader is an introductory course to the virtual management model I teach …

Trust is the Operating System

Trust is a crucial factor for team cohesiveness. Without trust, people won’t voice their opinions, questions & ideas. Learn about your own trust behaviors, check out our new, free trust assessment at the SMART Workplace. Read the full How To Packed post! Source: Trust is the Operating System

Celebrating the Great American Workforce!

In recognition of Labor Day, the SMART Workplace team is taking a step back from our traditional message to celebrate how far the workforce has come since the very first Labor day on September 5, 1882. On that day, 10,000 workers took unpaid time to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York …

Whose Responsibility Is It To Be Professionally Current?

Human resources jobs, news & events Are employers on the hook for their employees’ skills development? Or should individuals take control of their own destiny? It’s in both employers’ and employees’ interests to develop the skills to be productive and perform well. But what’s the best model for acquiring skills when the requirements of the …

Keep Calm and Work SMART

Five Commitments of a SMART Career Professional. Working SMART is on the leading edge of a bigger trend where we are responsible for managing ourselves, our careers and the transitions that come when moving from one role to the next throughout our careers. Source: Keep Calm and Work SMART

Who You Gonna Call for Career Help?

Companies whose culture is not flexible enough to create alignment of personal purpose with that of the people they work with will perish. Source: Who You Gonna Call for Career Help?