What We've Learned About Remote Work w/ Wayne Turmel

People Business w/ O'Brien McMahon

Wayne Turmel has been writing about how to develop communication and leadership skills for almost 30 years. He has taught and consulted at Fortune 500 companies and startups around the world. For the last 18 years, he’s focused on the growing need to communicate effectively in remote and virtual environments.
Mentioned on the Show

• Wayne Turmel's website: https://wayneturmel.com/
• Connect with Wayne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayneturmel
• Wayne's author profile on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00J5PGNWU
• The Long Distance Leader (book): https://a.co/d/elERAKC
• Smart Brevity (book): https://a.co/d/3SN0wD2
• Writing Tools (book): https://a.co/d/aYRQAjB
• The Chicago Manual of Style (book): https://a.co/d/b1l92Xu
• On Writing by Stephen King (book): https://a.co/d/e5lEtTa

Timestamps
(1:45) - Welcoming Wayne
(2:20) - How did you get involved with remote work?
(4:40) - What is happening now that is making remote work such a monumental shift?
(7:03) - What have we learned from people sitting at home asking questions about their lives?
(10:42) - Where does the responsibility lie between individuals and employers when it comes to putting healthy boundaries in place?
(32:06) - What does the process look like reshaping work more appropriately?
(37:38) - What are the skills we need to be developing to navigate the new workplace?
(43:19) - What are your favorite writing books?
(45:38) - Are there other skills you’d like to highlight?
(54:15) - What kind of performing did you do?
(55:09) - What genre do you write and where can people find your writings?
(56:32) - Anything to add before we wrap up?