Leading Virtual Teams with Dr Maren Deepwell

... in which I share my (honeycomb of) strategies for making it through January, finding joy in small things and blogging as a leader.

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Since I first published this list of 25 obvious, yet effective, ways to improve your working environment, all the way back in 2022, it’s become one of the most read posts on my blog. Many of my coaching clients and course participants come back to this again and again, to find new ways to tweak their set up and improve their working environment.

Given that we are once again in January, and given that this week I’d do just about anything to make work a little easier, I’ve gone back to review and update the list to include a few new things and approaches. There are a lot of things you can try to make your day a little more comfortable, calmer and more balanced. What will make a real difference to you depends on the way you work and your personal preferences.

What makes this approach work (for me at least) is that the aim is to start thinking about making very small, incremental improvements, not big or radical changes that new year resolutions so often come with. I can always find ways to make myself 1% more comfortable, even on a bad day. And along the way, I gain a little more awareness and distance from being lost in digital productivity curves.

You can access the full list on my blog.

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Join me for a wonderful conversation with special guest Alan Levine as we talk about  the early days of remote and distributed working in the 90s, creating and keeping your domain on the open web, and discovering the joy in small things. 

Alan and his dog Felix share the story about how work and life have evolved over the past few decades, from working in Iceland to the last influence of DS106. We create a 'garden in the stream' to talk about conference catch ups, pizza and what it takes to flourish on the free web. 

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This interview is going to feature in ⁠my upcoming book⁠. Get in touch with me if you'd like to join us for an episode and contribute to the book.

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To kick off the new year on the podcast, my special guest Martin Weller and I share what we would put into our metaphorical "Room 101" for 2025.

Visit Martin's blog to learn more about his work.

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Yay! We are celebrating episode 100 of Leading Virtual Teams!

Thank you to everyone who listens to the podcast and all my guests who have come on to join me for a conversation. It’s been wonderful to have the opportunity to talk about all things hybrid working and finding balance whilst learning a lot about stationary, pets, pot plants and metaphors along the way!

I’m delighted that an experiment I started two years ago to mark the publication of my first book has grown into a weekly podcast featuring special guests on a regular basis.

Read the 100th episode celebratory blog post.

Join me for a conversation with special guest Amy Woodgate for a fascinating chat about the parallels between learning design and leading remote teams. This is the 99th episode of Learning Virtual Teams and it was a real joy to record. Enjoy! 

Amy's company, Woodgate Consulting, operates as a fully remote team and in this episode we explore what it takes to intentionally design collaboration and team work and dive into Amy's experiences over the past eight years. 

This interview is going to feature in ⁠my upcoming book⁠. Get in touch with me if you'd like to join us for an episode and contribute to the book.

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Last year I released the first of these popular 'reflect-along' resources, designed for you to see how a particular tool is used in practice and to reflect along with me as we progress through the accompanying podcast episode. This year, I am sharing a resource all about defining YOUR own measure of success and reflecting on impact.

It's been a stand-out resource for many of my coaching clients this year, and I hope it'll be a useful way for you to have a bit of fun at the end of the year, and try out something a little different. Use this episode to “reflect along” with me as part of your run up to the holidays (and hopefully a well deserved break!) or as you prepare to begin the new year.

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This episode is about how to stick with things, be they new habits or intentions, plans or commitments even when things get messy and I share a strategy I use to reflect, reframe and regroup.

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This bonus episode includes all three recordings for the Coaching Walk: Autumn Ramble . To access the other activities on this free mini course, ⁠⁠Visit the coaching walk page⁠⁠.

New here? Listen to the previous episode to find out what this is all about or Read the episode blog post.⁠

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I love this time of year and I love walking whilst talking. On a personal level that is one reason why having dogs is a good fit for me, as it prompts me outside daily for long, rambling walks through the colourful woods and along the river.

However until recently I hadn’t found a way to translate my love for a good autumn ramble into my work… . That all changes in recent weeks as I embarked on creating the first of what I call ‘coaching walks’: It’s an autumn ramble, pocket edition.

In this episode I share a preview of this new project and details of what's involved and how you can try it out for yourself.

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