Can remote work truly foster deeper connections and exceptional leadership?

There continues to be a significant shift in how workers view their relationship with work, while at the same time, companies are making deliberate choices about post-pandemic organizational norms and culture.

As the role of remote work evolves, and we assess how to create more flexibility as our relationship with work changes, it is fitting that the next More Elephant conversation in the series on the changing nature of work is with Melissa Romo, author of "Your Resource Is Human: How Empathetic Leadership Can Help Remote Teams Rise Above."

In our conversation, Melissa outlines unravels the secrets of empathetic leadership, unveiling a roadmap for building thriving cultures and forging genuine connections in today's remote and hybrid workplaces. Melissa’s book has been lauded by workplace and leadership experts as “the book 21st century leaders and followers have been pining for.”
Talking points in this Episode:

• Melissa discusses her experience with remote work, the emotional challenges that it created for her and how finding a lack of resources to help, she decided to write the book.
• Melissa outlines “The "Remote Leadership Wheel TM," a practical solution to assessing five emotional pitfalls and five corresponding empathetic responses to help leaders and individuals rise above the challenges of remote work.
• We discuss the return to office movement, the need for remote work to be a valid option for some, the impact of “corporate trauma” and need for connection, meaning, and belonging.
• We highlight the importance of TRUST as a foundation for effective remote leadership, the Pygmalion effect on team performance and Melissa's call for reflective evaluation of individual readiness for remote work and its benefits.