Trusting Remote Workers: Communication Is Key
While the global pandemic changed the nature of where and how we work, many of the underlying issues are not new. Lack of trust and micromanagement have been stressors between management and employees since the beginning of the modern workplace. How will trust and management style play out in an increasingly distributed work world? It all boils down to staying connected through improved communication. While micromanagement is not a new phenomenon, our new way of working presents some interesting trends and challenges. About 40 percent of the 215 supervisors and managers in a recent study by Ha...