Episode 110
7 Ways to Be a Better Leader in a Remote World
Recent Pew research suggests that out of those eligible to work virtually 7 out of 10 usually do. And McKinsey reports that more than 50% of employees would like to work from home at least three days per week.
So with more and more employees choosing to work from home for a majority of their work week how can leaders strengthen relationships and create that sense of belonging among disparate team members?
Listen in for 7 ways to be a better leader in a remote world.
Drink of the week: Champagne cocktail
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Recent pew research suggests that out of those eligible to work virtually.
Speaker:Seven out of 10, usually do.
Speaker:And McKinsey reports that more than 50% of employees would like to work
Speaker:from home at least three days per week.
Speaker:Welcome to episode one 10 of the shit works.
Speaker:I'm your host, Julie Brown.
Speaker:And today we are discussing how leaders can focus on building relationships
Speaker:and comradery in a remote world.
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Speaker:Another recent McKinsey report shows that employers often undervalue
Speaker:the relational aspects of a job.
Speaker:Things like being valued by leaders and having a sense of belonging
Speaker:with a new new organization.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:With more and more employees choosing to work from home for
Speaker:a majority of their workweek.
Speaker:How can leaders strengthen relationships and create that sense of belonging
Speaker:among disparate team members?
Speaker:Let me just tell you that there's no shortage of articles out
Speaker:there discussing and describing.
Speaker:What it takes to be a successful leader of hybrid teams.
Speaker:I will put links to all of these articles in the research section of the show notes.
Speaker:But here are seven tips that might be of benefit to you and your team.
Speaker:Again, the user from a number of different sources that are
Speaker:cited in the research things.
Speaker:You ready?
Speaker:One.
Speaker:Leaders must reassure people that, whether they're working in person.
Speaker:Remotely.
Speaker:Or a combination of the two.
Speaker:Their choice is not career limiting in their contributions are valued.
Speaker:Too.
Speaker:Provide clarity.
Speaker:When it comes to company direction, policies and values
Speaker:around working from home.
Speaker:Be clear about what the company worked from home policy is ambiguity.
Speaker:Is not a policy.
Speaker:Three.
Speaker:Trust your team.
Speaker:Don't micromanage them.
Speaker:Uh, 2020 report by owl labs found three quarters of employees were just
Speaker:as productive or more productive.
Speaker:While working from home during the pandemic.
Speaker:So hire well.
Speaker:Trust without requiring it first to be earned.
Speaker:Offer genuinely useful support when it's needed.
Speaker:And you shall be rewarded with happy, productive teams who feel
Speaker:empowered and take initiative.
Speaker:For.
Speaker:Foster empathy.
Speaker:Equity and inclusion in your hybrid work model.
Speaker:Work to maintain or establish inclusive practices for things
Speaker:like teen huddles or group calls.
Speaker:Meters of highly effective teams enable full percent participation
Speaker:of all of their members.
Speaker:No matter where they are.
Speaker:Include everyone.
Speaker:Use the shift to hybrid.
Speaker:As an opportunity to identify any cultural gaps.
Speaker:In your company, and to set new norms, to create a better, stronger culture.
Speaker:That learning agility or the ability to adapt and thrive in
Speaker:new situations is crucial to your organization's hybrid work success.
Speaker:Leaders should schedule time every couple of weeks to talk with team members
Speaker:about what's working and what isn't.
Speaker:In addition, they should connect with other leaders of hybrid teams
Speaker:throughout their organization and within their network.
Speaker:To find out and discuss what their successes have been and their challenges.
Speaker:Six.
Speaker:The apprehension served by survey by Iowa labs, asked employees what would make
Speaker:them more effective as remote worker.
Speaker:The highest response, 32%.
Speaker:Was remote training.
Speaker:So offer remote training to your employees.
Speaker:Do you know how many virtual networking classes I taught to
Speaker:companies during the pandemic?
Speaker:Oh shit.
Speaker:Because it's the one thing that they needed to learn how to do in
Speaker:a virtual world, because they never networked in a virtual world before.
Speaker:Remote training works.
Speaker:And seven.
Speaker:Take the mental health of your employees seriously.
Speaker:A survey of 500 workers by log Vian found that 36% of workers suffer from
Speaker:pressure to appear more responsive on email while working remotely.
Speaker:And 23% work more hours when working remotely.
Speaker:Burnout is real for folks.
Speaker:Make sure you were providing a hybrid work policy that doesn't
Speaker:encourage overwork and burnout.
Speaker:Those are just seven tips of the like 50 or more that I saw in
Speaker:various articles all over the web.
Speaker:For me.
Speaker:I think it can be summed up like this provide structure for your team.
Speaker:Trust that they are doing the work.
Speaker:Create an environment where everyone feels safe and included.
Speaker:And take the mental health of your employees.
Speaker:Seriously.
Speaker:And don't forget the relational aspects of your company.
Speaker:According to research done by whom who people who don't feel their work
Speaker:contributes to their company's mission.
Speaker:Or 630%.
Speaker:More likely to quit their jobs than their peers who do.
Speaker:Have you created a purpose driven company where your employees
Speaker:appreciate and understand the value they bring to that purpose?
Speaker:No matter what their role is within the company.
Speaker:Leading teams can be difficult.
Speaker:Leading teams in a hybrid environment could be even more daunting.
Speaker:I hope these tips and the resources and the research links are of help
Speaker:to you in your team going forward.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Now onto the drink of the week.
Speaker:That turn hybrid means the combination of two formerly non combined entities.
Speaker:And I found a recipe for a champagne cocktail , on mind, new Orleans.
Speaker:Dot com and in article about hybrid cocktails.
Speaker:The champagne cocktail is considered a hybrid cocktail because it
Speaker:utilizes both wine and spirits to formerly nine combined entities.
Speaker:Am I stretching here?
Speaker:Probably.
Speaker:Here's what you're going to need.
Speaker:One sugar cube.
Speaker:Do you know, I used to work at this fancy restaurant that when we serve the
Speaker:coffee, we had sugar cubes in there, brown sugar cubes and white sugar cubes.
Speaker:And I would literally like eat the sugar cubes during my shift.
Speaker:It was kind of gross.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:I don't know how I never had any cavities when I was growing up.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:One sugar cube.
Speaker:Two to three dashes of Angostura bitters one and a half ounces
Speaker:of Brandy and then champagne.
Speaker:So in a champagne food place, the sugar cube in the bottom.
Speaker:And the bitters and the Brandy.
Speaker:Fill with Cole Champaign.
Speaker:Garnish with a citrus twist or you could also garnish with a near Shino cherry.
Speaker:Um, all right, friends.
Speaker:That's it for this week.
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Speaker:Thanks for being here.
Speaker:I'll see you next week.
