Wayne is joined by James Ellsmoor with Island Innovation to discuss how islands are trying to become more attractive to digital nomads and remote workers. They also cover how a digital nomad is essentially a completely different type of tourist and what that means for both the remote worker and the country they reside in. 

Island Innovation is global network helping advance innovation and drive sustainable change across island communities worldwide.

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Performance reviews can be hard enough, but how do you conduct them remotely? Wayne and Marisa cover how to give feedback when you can't see what or how they're doing the job, tips to make remote performance reviews effective, and what is the same compared to in-person reviews. 

• Performance Reviews in a Post Pandemic World
• 3 Rules for Doing Performance Reviews Remotely
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Dr. Pam Cohen from The Mom Project has a mission to help women find flexible work that fits their busy schedules. Pam and Wayne discuss why flexible work is not just a 'nice-to-have' but critical for working moms, how moms often get left behind in projects due to caregiver responsibilities, and how moms can have a conversation about work flexibility with their employers.  

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Quiet quitting is a problem. When put on the spot, most remote team leaders agree that it's a problem. Remote workers are vulnerable to it - they can hide their failures or slip-ups from their team leader or colleagues - and that's where the problems start. Wayne and Marisa share what quiet quitting is, why it's happening, and how you can spot (and handle) quiet quitting in your organization.

• Enough with the Quiet Quitting
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Scott Lyons, with Greenlink Payroll, joins Wayne to discuss how technology is improving Human Capital Management to create a culture of learning and aligned values within an organization. 

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• How is Remote Work Changing the World of Human Resources? with Suzanne Lucas (Evil HR Lady)
• Feeling More Connected with Your Remote Team with Ryan Jenkins

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We're in an age of burnout. And a majority of those employees experiencing it, work from home full time. Wayne and Marisa discuss if working remotely is making us more stressed, what burnout looks like, how leaders can spot and prevent burnout on their remote teams, and what employees can do to prevent burnout themselves.

• Remote Work Burnout Statistics
• Job burnout: How to spot it and take action from Mayo Clinic
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Wayne speaks with Suzanne Lucas (better known as Evil HR Lady) about how remote work has changed the world of Human Resources. They discuss what issues arose that no one expected, how conversations that used to be private in the office are no longer private in a remote environment, and why hybrid is Suzanne's favorite way to work. 

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Marisa asks Wayne about mandatory office days. What's the strategy behind them? Is this a way for management to bring everyone back to the office full time? Are we resistant to it because it's mandatory? 

• Apple's Return to Office Policy
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• Monitoring Software for Remote Employees
• What are the Long Term Implications of Work From Home with Laurel Farrer
• Expectations for Returning to the Office When You’ve Never Been to the Office
• Returning to Office with Kevin Eikenberry

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Wayne is joined by Dr. Mary O'Connor of Vori Health to talk about what remote teams can learn from telemedicine. Vori Health is an remote business and Dr. O'Connor discusses how it's possible to practice medicine (traditionally something very hands-on) remotely as well as how telemedicine rose even before the pandemic. 

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When you work from home, does it still make sense to take a sick day? Wayne and Marisa discuss why some think that sick days are a thing of the past, and why it is important for you to take your sick days when you need them. Even if you are working from home. 

• Flexibility in the Workplace Continues to Improve - Beamery
• Sickness absence in the UK labour market: 2021
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