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Don't be afraid of the dark
Don't be afraid of the dark

When I've led teams with remote workers I notice how quickly my habitual lack of trust appears. Are they really focused? How are they really using their time?

At the same time, I'm aware that we have a habit of projecting our worst fears into the unknown. In any scenario of uncertainty, we often assume the worst; my loved one being late home due to some tragic event, not (the more likely) congestion on the roads. Children (and many adults) fear the dark for the same reason, we take our fears and place them in the unknown.

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Leadership, Remote WorkingMarie OlsenLeadership, remote working, Jonathan Lewis
Meet a Bright Mind: Anna Nicklin
Meet a Bright Mind: Anna Nicklin

It has been intriguing and impressive in roughly equal measures to follow how Anna Nicklin has managed to lead and create results while the circumstances around her have changed dramatically; not once, but numerous times. She has gone from leading a dispersed team, mainly split between Gothenburg and Amsterdam to having no team at all, and relying solely on a network of external partners and agencies.

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Leadership, Remote WorkingMarie OlsenLeadership, remote working, meet a bright mind
Will your people trust you?
Will your people trust you?

In a world of increasingly complex jobs carried out across borders and in numerous languages, you cannot expect your teams and employees to sit next to you - or even in your time zone. Nor can you expect to lead them by pulling rank and giving instructions, as  Robert Rupp highlighted in the article New leaders don't produce followers. But fellow thinkers.

So what will you do ?

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Leadership, Remote WorkingMarie OlsenLeadership, remote working, claus olsen