Blog Posts - REMOTE PATHWAYS

ep42: hybrid community & connections | guest: clint byars - forward church pastor

8/4/2021

In this episode of Remote Pathways, Jennifer and Michelle are joined by guest, Clint Byars. Clint is the founding and lead pastor of Forward Church in Sharpsburg GA and the creator of Tools for Transformation. Clint shares his valuable lessons learned from facilitating community and nurturing connections with people around the world. He also shares some helpful tools for mind renewal.

In this episode we explore:

Clint's remote working experience and lessons learned along the way
Facilitating community and nurturing connections around the world
The power of authenticity and a genuine desire to connect
The importance of maintaining a personal connection with your online community
Leading with vision and values and sharing that with others
The benefits of brainwave entrainment technology
Clint's Tools for Transformation and much more

Connect with Clint Byars:
Click here to visit our guest page to learn more about our guest, Clint Byars!

Episode Question:
What does facilitating community look like for your organization?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET. Email [email protected] for zoom room details.
NOTE: There is no August Community Call as Jennifer will be delivering her TEDx Talk - Hooray Jennifer!

NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

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Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation around your remote work and explore how you can find a HEALTHY RHYTHM in the remote working lifestyle.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.

EP41: building a robust team Culture

7/21/2021

Jennifer and Michelle explore building a robust team culture. It's often said that culture eats strategy for breakfast. Team culture and identity is critical in the remote space. It keeps us connected to others, and signals our belonging. It's "how we do things here" and what is "acceptable and not acceptable" as a team.

In this episode we explore:

What it means to have a robust team culture
Mantras, mottos, and momentum
Three core areas of team culture
The emerging trend of hoteling and hot spots
Virtual and tangible reminders of being on a team
Re-imagining what's possible
The shadow side of team culture

Also, happy to announce Jenn's book, Reconnecting Workspaces, is available for purchase on Amazon. This is her third book geared to virtual, remote and hybrid workers. It is sure to become a foundational resource for hybrid work.

Question of the Week:
How do you create an incredible team culture?

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Community Call:
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NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 12:15pm ET. Click here to register.

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Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation about your remote, virtual, or hybrid working dreams. You can move from overwhelmed to overjoyed and learn to THRIVE in the remote working lifestyle.

EP40: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Guest: Christina Lee - CEO for Paradigm 360º Coach Training, LLC

7/7/2021

In this episode of Remote Pathways we welcome our guest, Christina Lee, to explore the important topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Christina Lee is the Chief Executive Officer for Paradigm 360º Coach Training, LLC. We also learn more about the organizations goal to work with small, medium and large companies who desire organizational change, accountability and high levels of authenticity that promotes employee engagement.

Christina Lee has a wealth of experience in corporate, non-profit management, fundraising and development. Prior to leaving corporate America she served as District Director for Junior Achievement of the Bay Area and was responsible for supporting the organization in its annual 3.5-million-dollar operating budget through corporate and individual giving and managed a district advisory board of C-Suite Executives. She’s also skilled in building teams through behavioral management assessment-based trainings, developing over 4500 leaders within a ten-year span. She is a Prosci Change Management practitioner, a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and certified Diversity Equity and Inclusion practitioner.

In this episode we explore:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The importance of valuing and honoring others
Having safe spaces for important conversations
Building the foundation of trust through group coaching
Value systems and accountability in organizations
Scaling the DEI conversation on the remote pathway
How the virtual space opened up a new lens for transparency and vulnerability
Tools and techniques to have deep discussions

Connect with Christina Lee:
Click here to visit our guest page to learn more about our guest, Christina Lee!

Episode Question:
How is your organization valuing and honoring others?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET.
NOTE: email [email protected] for zoom room details

NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

Follow our Podcast

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Follow us atFacebook.com/RemotePathways
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Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation around your remote work and explore how you can find a HEALTHY RHYTHM in the remote working lifestyle.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.

EP39: 9 Things Hybrid Workspaces Need

6/16/2021

Jennifer and Michelle continue traveling down the Hybrid Highway and consider what it takes for teams to thrive. As the world reopens, some remote workers are staying remote, while many are working hybrid, with some days spent in the office, and some from home. In this episode they explore 9 things hybrid workers need in this new and evolving workspace.

June 15th marks the release of Jennifer's 6th book, Reconnecting Workspaces. This is her third book geared to virtual, remote and hybrid workers. It is sure to become a foundational resource for hybrid work.

In this episode we explore:

Connection is key
Redefining your why
The importance of communication and conversations
Shifting communication patterns
What your culture reveals
Clarifying autonomy and responsibilities
Navigating matrix relationships
Jennifer's NEW book...Reconnecting Workspaces

NOTE: You can pick up a copy of her book at Amazon.

Question of the Week:
What do you need as a remote, virtual, or hybrid professional?

Follow our Podcast

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Follow us at Facebook.com/RemotePathways
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Twitter/RemotePathways

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET. Zoom details can be found on the Remote Pathways Resource Page.

NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 12:15pm ET. Click here to register.

Download and Subscribe to receive even more REMOTE TIPS!
THE 4 CORE ESSENTIALS FOR REMOTE SUCCESS

Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation about your remote, virtual, or hybrid working dreams. You can move from overwhelmed to overjoyed and learn to THRIVE in the remote working lifestyle.

EP38: Guest Patrick Burns | Co-Founder of Commons | Audio First Conversations for Teams

6/2/2021

In this episode of Remote Pathways we welcome our guest, Patrick Burns and explore his team’s mission to make work feel more connected. Patrick is the co-founder of Commons, a venture-backed startup building the future of enterprise audio. Commons enables teams to have interactions you’d have in the physical office, without needing to step foot in it.

In this episode we explore:

Patrick’s remote working story
How to make work feel more connected
The power of watercooler conversations
The awesome Commons platform
The talent a world-wide team can bring
The most efficient way to talk to your team
Breaking free from the Zoom box
Different levels of availability in the workplace

Connect with Patrick:
Click here to visit our guest page to learn more about our guest, Patrick Burns!

Commons Special Offer:
Start 3-month free trial

Episode Question:
What’s your favorite way to connect with your team?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET.
NOTE: email [email protected] for zoom room details

NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

Follow our Podcast

https://www.RemotePathways.com/podcast
Follow us atFacebook.com/RemotePathways
Instagram.com/RemotePathways
Twitter/RemotePathways

Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation around your remote work and explore how you can THRIVE in the remote working lifestyle.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.

ep37: the future of work: hybrid

5/19/2021

Jennifer and Michelle consider what hybrid work is and the various ways it's popping up in workplaces around the world. This is THE conversation companies are having and it's important that we are thinking through the complexities of it all.

In this episode we explore:

What is hybrid and is it new?
The unique stretch points for teams
Physical workplace vs. virtual workspace
How do we ensure people feel connected and included
What's happening to meetings and watercooler conversations
Everyone's voice and perspective is important
Leadership will require different styles
Now is the time to experiment

Episode Question:
What hybrid models are you considering?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET.
NOTE: email [email protected] for zoom room details

Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

Download and Subscribe to receive even more REMOTE TIPS!
THE 4 CORE ESSENTIALS FOR REMOTE SUCCESS

Follow our Podcast

https://www.RemotePathways.com/podcast
Follow us atFacebook.com/RemotePathways
Instagram.com/RemotePathways
Twitter/RemotePathways

Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation about your remote working adventure! You can move from overwhelmed to overjoyed and learn to THRIVE in the remote working lifestyle.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.

ep36: asynchronous verbal conversations | guest: josh little, founder of volley

5/5/2021

In this episode of Remote Pathways podcast we welcome our guest, Josh Little to explore Asynchoronous Verbal Conversations and the awesome Volley app!
Josh Little, a serial “tactile entrepreneur” (like Serge from the Digital Dozen). Josh has created and exited from two incredibly successful tech companies so far, with a third pending, and is now working on his fourth, Volley.

Josh’s involvement in sales and marketing at three Fortune 500 companies gave him a solid foundation of leadership, storytelling, team-building, and communication. On that foundation, he created Volley. Volley solves the problem of “Death by Meetings” - bridging the gap between text-based apps like Slack and video-chat apps like Zoom by implementing asynchronous verbal conversations.

Josh’s work has been highlighted in TechCrunch, Mashable, Entrepreneur, Inc., and Forbes. His accomplishments aren’t only in the tech world; he’s also a classically trained singer and a fifth-generation pickler!

In this episode we explore:

Josh’s remote working story
Asynchronous video communication format
Designing technology that's flexible to the environment
The awesome Volley App
The power of having conversations without having to schedule them
Do we still need stand-up meetings?

Connect with Josh:
Click here to visit our guest page to learn more about our guest, Josh Little!

Episode Question:
What do you love about asynchronous conversations?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET.
NOTE: email [email protected] for zoom room details

NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

Follow our Podcast

https://www.RemotePathways.com/podcast
Follow us atFacebook.com/RemotePathways
Instagram.com/RemotePathways
Twitter/RemotePathways

Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation about your remote working adventure and learn to THRIVE in the remote space.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.

EP35: Six Layers of Connection

4/21/2021

In this episode of Remote Pathways podcast Jennifer and Michelle explore the six layers of connection based on the writing of Jennifer Britton's newest book...Reconnecting Workspaces in a Virtual, Remote, and Hybrid World.

In this episode we explore:

Six layers of connection
Why connection in today's virtual, remote, and digital world is so important
How to boost connection on several of the six layers
Jennifer's book will be available for pre-order SOON on Amazon-HOORAY!

Episode Question:
What connections do you want to form?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET.
NOTE: email [email protected] for zoom room details

Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

Download and Subscribe to receive even more REMOTE TIPS!
THE 4 CORE ESSENTIALS FOR REMOTE SUCCESS

Follow our Podcast

https://www.RemotePathways.com/podcast
Follow us atFacebook.com/RemotePathways
Instagram.com/RemotePathways
Twitter/RemotePathways

Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation about your remote working adventure! You can move from overwhelmed to overjoyed and learn to THRIVE in the remote working lifestyle.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.

EP34: How Can I Say This...In The Remote Space | Guest: Beth Buelow

4/7/2021

In this episode of Remote Pathways podcast we welcome our guest, Beth Buelow, to explore the various communication challenges we may encounter in our remote experience.

Beth is a Professional Certified Coach, author, speaker, mediator, and facilitator with more than a decade of coaching and consulting experience. Prior to starting her own business, she was a nonprofit professional, with roles ranging from fundraising to marketing to grant-making.

In this episode we explore:

Beth’s remote working story
The unspoken rules of virtual conversations
New creative ways we are expressing ourselves
Hybrid work connections
Visible doesn’t equal available
Great zoom tips to help you remain focused, connected & energized

Connect with Beth:
Click here to visit our guest page to learn more about our guest, Beth Buelow!

Beth’s Awesome Podcast:
How Can I Say This...

Episode Question:
What’s your top tip for overcoming zoom fatigue?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET.
NOTE: email [email protected] for zoom room details

NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

Follow our Podcast

https://www.RemotePathways.com/podcast
Follow us atFacebook.com/RemotePathways
Instagram.com/RemotePathways
Twitter/RemotePathways

Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to have a great conversation around what's GOOD and RIGHT in you and your decision to work remotely. You can move from overwhelmed to overjoyed and learn to THRIVE in the remote working lifestyle.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.

EP33: Freedom to work from anywhere | Guest: Clark Jacobs | co-founder & CEO of Flexdesk

3/17/2021

In this episode of Remote Pathways podcast we welcome our guest, Clark Jacobs.
Clark is the Co-Founder & CEO of FlexDesk, which is a platform for remote workers to discover and book a desk or private office by the day. You can think of FlexDesk as Airbnb for workspace. Clark has worked remotely for nearly 5 years and empathizes with others that don't always want to work from home.

In this episode we explore:

Clark’s remote working story
The freedom of working from anywhere
Choosing the environment for being happiest and most productive
How companies and entrepreneurs can benefit from FlexDesk
Virtual collaboration tools for your everyday toolkit

Connect with Lisa:
Click here to visit our guest page to learn more about our guest, Clark Jacobs!

Episode Download:
Contact Clark for Discounted Trial for FlexDesk remote location

Episode Question:
Where is your FAVORITE place to work remotely?

Community Call:
Join us as we continue the conversation on our monthly community call held on the 1st Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:00am ET.
NOTE: email [email protected] for zoom room details

NEW Monthly Planning Sessions:
The monthly planning sessions are 45-min facilitated real-time planning sessions held on the 3rd Thursday of the month via zoom at 7:30am ET. Click here to register.

Follow our Podcast

https://www.RemotePathways.com/podcast
Follow us atFacebook.com/RemotePathways
Instagram.com/RemotePathways
Twitter/RemotePathways

Let’s Connect!

Contact Jennifer to speak virtually on topics related to effective virtual conversations, virtual team development, virtual team leadership, growing a solopreneur business OR her own experience in leading remote teams globally in the voluntary sector.
Contact Michelle Mullins to focus on what's GOOD and RIGHT in you and your decision to work remotely. You can move from overwhelmed to overjoyed and learn to THRIVE in the remote working lifestyle.

The Remote Pathways podcast is co-hosted by Jennifer Britton and Michelle Mullins. It is based on the writing of Jennifer Britton, author of Remote Pathways. We would love to hear from you. Please visit our Remote Pathways Podcast page.