Remote Work Revolution
Succeeding from Anywhere
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR
“I often talk about the importance of trust when it comes to work: the trust of your employees and building trust with your customers. This book provides a blueprint for how to build and maintain that trust and connection in a digital environment.” —Eric S. Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom
Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in virtual and global work Tsedal Neeley reveals how to thrive in remote and hybrid organizations.
Succeeding in a hybrid work environment comes with unique challenges. Managers must lead virtually more and more, keep teams motivated and productive, employ the most effective digital tools, and build trust. Employees need to feel connected, foster creativity, and continue to learn and feel supported. Remote Work Revolution answers the eight questions Tsedal Neeley gets asked the most about overcoming hybrid and remote work challenges, such as: How can I trust colleagues I barely see? How should I use digital tools in remote work? What do I need to know about leading virtually? Can my team really be productive remotely? Providing evidence-based answers to these and other pressing issues, key takeaways, and an interactive action guide, this book will help leaders and team members quickly develop an actionable plan and deliver results previously out of reach. This book is essential reading for navigating the enduring challenges teams and managers face in remote and hybrid work.
This essential guide provides evidence-based answers for the new world of work:
Building Trust: Learn how to establish confidence in colleagues you barely see, a crucial element for success in any digital environment.Mastering Digital Tools: Go beyond Zoom fatigue with a strategic framework for choosing the right technologies to communicate effectively and avoid tech exhaustion.Virtual Leadership: Discover what you really need to know about leading from a distance to keep your team motivated, productive, and aligned.Global Team Success: Uncover proven strategies for succeeding across cultural differences and time zones to ensure your international teams collaborate effectively.Actionable Frameworks: Put theory into practice with an interactive action guide and key takeaways designed to help you and your team deliver immediate results.
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Neeley (The Language of Global Success), a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, shows in this much-needed survey that the seismic shift from in-person to virtual workplaces has been long underway and is here to stay. While Neely cites many benefits of remote work (increased productivity among them), she also shows that there are considerable drawbacks, including employee isolation, lack of synchronization and the ability to have shared goals, and problems with bonding and trust. To combat these challenges, she offers employers and managers research-based guidance, tackling common issues such as how to best use digital tools (cloud-based apps such as Slack and Microsoft Teams "require virtually no investment in infrastructure"), assess productivity, manage global teams across different cultures, and identify when remote working fails. Among the examples of companies who have made successful transitions to remote work, Neeley cites Unilever's formation of agile teams and petrochemical company Tek's move to add "respect for others and their cultural differences" to their annual employee evaluation criteria. A supremely helpful guide for addressing topics covered in each chapter rounds things out. Significant and timely, Neeley's guidance will provide vital information to those struggling to work and lead in the virtual workplace.
