07/02/2021

How Leaders Make Remote Work Succeed

Some insights into new ways of working and leading

There wasn’t a lot of time to come up with a rock-solid plan for how to lead a remote workforce when the pandemic hit. CEOs, like everyone else, went into an entirely new mode of working, leading their teams through a year like no other without a playbook or a crystal ball.

One of the biggest shifts was the sudden transition from in-person offices to remote work. No more spontaneous check-ins, on-the-spot brainstorming, or reading facial cues to detect moods. All that was gone.

“The biggest challenge has been not having that collaboration time to talk with someone on the elevator and get their opinion,” said Michelle Mills Clement, CAE, CEO of the Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR). “What I find with remote work is, you have to force that in. It’s not organic.”

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