Remote Work Revolution

Succeeding from Anywhere

By: Tsedal Neeley

Narrated by: Marisha Tapera

Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

“I often talk about the importance of trust when it comes to work: the trust of your employees and building trust with your customers. This book provides a blueprint for how to build and maintain that trust and connection in a digital environment.” —Eric S. Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom

A Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in virtual and global work provides remote workers and leaders with the best practices necessary to perform at the highest levels in their organizations.

The rapid and unprecedented changes brought on by Covid-19 have accelerated the transition to remote working, requiring the wholesale migration of nearly entire companies to virtual work in just weeks, leaving managers and employees scrambling to adjust. This massive transition has forced companies to rapidly advance their digital footprint, using cloud, storage, cybersecurity, and device tools to accommodate their new remote workforce.

Experiencing the benefits of remote working—including nonexistent commute times, lower operational costs, and a larger pool of global job applicants—many companies, including Twitter and Google, plan to permanently incorporate remote days or give employees the option to work from home full-time. But virtual work has it challenges. Employees feel lost, isolated, out of sync, and out of sight. They want to know how to build trust, maintain connections without in-person interactions, and a proper work/life balance. Managers want to know how to lead virtually, how to keep their teams motivated, what digital tools they’ll need, and how to keep employees productive.

Providing compelling, evidence-based answers to these and other pressing issues, Remote Work Revolution is essential for navigating the enduring challenges teams and managers face. Filled with specific actionable steps and interactive tools, this timely book will help team members deliver results previously out of reach. Following Neeley’s advice, employees will be able to break through routine norms to successfully use remote work to benefit themselves, their groups, and ultimately their organizations.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Tsedal Neeley (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

Not what I expected

This book is more about managing remote workers and teams in different locations than it is about personal strategies for working from home or how to set up a company for remote work. This was probably a book that was already on the make when the pandemic began, leading to some COVID-related additions to make the book more relevant.

The future of work

Great insights on optimizing work systems within a multinational, multicultural environment. The content was quite fundamental, however. I felt there was a missed opportunity to delve into collaborative platforms and tools, which are crucial for enhancing communication and productivity across diverse teams.

Great insight for global teams

Great insight for global teams, I was hoping for more insight in shifting from in-office to remote work on a local/regional level but still a great read/listen!

No new info on remote work that wasn’t already out there

Performer was fine, content is not novel unless you’ve not been paying attention to general management theory and remote work news for the last decade.

Horrible waste of time

There’s absolutely nothing on this gathering of words that should not be consider a book … how can somebody go on for hours saying nothing is frustrating when you are trying to make some good use of your time ..