Are you ready for Peak Colleague?

“I miss seeing my colleagues and being able to bounce ideas off them.”

“I get to work with much more skilled people, now that our teams don’t have to be made up of people who are all in the same place.”

“I get so frustrated waiting for my co-workers to reply to my emails.”

Whenever I talk with people about the pain or joys of working remotely, I hear about their co-workers. That’s why I’m thrilled to be experiencing Peak Colleague—and why I want you to experience it, too.

Peak Colleague explained

Peak Colleague is the delightful experience of having constructive, congenial relationships across the breadth of your working life. It’s when you have at least one fantastic working relationship on every project you’re involved in, and absolutely no colleagues who are driving you bananas.

And in over thirty-five years of professional work, I can’t think of another time when I experienced this kind of collegial bliss.

How to get Peak Colleague

Since collegial relationships make up such a big part of our working lives, and especially, our remote-working lives, it pays to do everything you can to reach Peak Colleague. Reflecting on my own current moment of serendipity, I can say some of it is just luck—but I can also recommend a number of strategies that have helped bring this circumstance about.