In this series we talk to a ConnectMinds member somewhere in the world. This month it’s Ernst Décsey, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the field of digital workplace. Ernst is currently Senior Digital Workplace Specialist at the Unicef in Geneva. He has been a member and a great contributor in the Leading the Employee Experience group in Geneva for a number of years .
Read MoreI´ve been a member of ConnectMinds for five or six years. What I really like is that the network is both local and international. Lau (my ConnectMinds knowledge broker) helps us connect across borders and continents and he understands the issues we´re dealing with. He constantly facilitates the sharing of knowledge. I use the local group here in Toronto to listen to how other individuals handle issues like my own.
Read MoreWhen 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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreIn 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 ?
Read MoreWith many years of working teams spread across countries - even in other time zones, Uschi Linke has extensive experience in working remotely. Read what Uschi has to say about remote working.
Read MoreThe motives that lead to the introduction of mobile or remote working practices are many and obvious. Saving desk space in pricey prime locations in major cities is often the first catalyst.
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