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Book SynopsisRemote working is here to stay.
But 65% of remote workers say they feel isolated, and many managers struggle to know how to support them.
In Your Resource is Human award-winning marketer and global remote business leader Melissa Romo explores the five unspoken remote work emotions, and identifies the five remote-ready leadership behaviors that can help all teams, large or small, rise above the sometimes emotional undertow of working apart.
This book aims to give remote leaders the counsel and courage to embrace empathy, adapt their communication and inspire optimism that will drive culture, build connection and help their people do their best work.
Melissa Romo has more than 20 years’ experience as a business leader for FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies around the world and has spent more than a decade building, leading and working in globally dispersed teams. She earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where she studied organizational behavior and leadership, has been recognized as a marketing and advertising industry “40 Over 40,” and is a regular speaker on communication, content and community for business events around the world. https://www.melissaromoauthor.com/
Trade ReviewThis brand-new, brilliantly written book, based on revealing interviews, allows CEO’s to understand the work-at-home phenomenon with more clarity and sensitivity to create a better workforce..a riveting business book, written by a skillful and intelligent executive.
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This is an important topic. Everyone leading a team - or who wants to ultimately lead a team - should read this book.
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If you are looking for straightforward tools and specific actions you can take to support your team and create the conditions for them to thrive in hybrid work, this book is for you. It's carefully researched and filled with relatable stories that make it an enjoyable and quick read.
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I highly recommend leaders furnish this book to their managers and teams. The thing that sets this book apart from the many articles, blogs and books written about remote work is how Romo shares actionable knowledge and information. She gives leaders the “how” to improve as remote leaders rather than just detailing the current challenges and theories.
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...a fantastic book that will help anybody build the skills to ensure your teams stay engaged, stay focused, and stay happy.
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Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Your Resource is Human: Remote work’s emotional pitfalls and how courageous leadership can help teams rise above
Foreword - Jay Shetty, bestselling author of “Think Like a Monk” and host of the podcast “On Purpose”
Introduction - Who this book is for
Section I - Identifying the 5 emotional pitfalls of remote work
While your people might love the flexibility and independence of remote work, more challenging emotions are at play on some level all of the time. A good leader has a clear-eyed understanding of these and is on the lookout for them at all times.
Diagnostic: How well do you read emotional signals
Chapter 1 - Isolation
How remote work contradicts our human need for connection
Chapter 2 - Guilt
How we punish ourselves for unproductive days
Chapter 3 - Boredom
When the empty room does not inspire motivation
Chapter 4 - Paranoia
Career progression, politics and wondering if ‘out of sight means out of mind’
Chapter 5 - Depression
The devil’s workshop: Being alone during personal crises, existential dread, blues and fatigue
Section II - Behavior blueprints: mastering your remote-ready leadership
Empathetic leadership while remote is different than empathetic leadership in person. This section will help you apply 5 leadership behaviors to help you manage effectively in a remote context, confidently embracing the emotional realities your team are navigating every day.
Diagnostic: How ready are you for remote-ready leadership?
Chapter 6 - Checking in
Questions to ask and how to know when to ask them + 5 conversation starters
Chapter 7 - Building trust
Creating a safe place to confide, and what to say when they do + 5 conversation starters
Chapter 8 - Setting boundaries
How to show care and compassion without being a pushover + 5 conversation starters
Chapter 9 - Managing performance
Balancing high expectations with personal constraints + 5 conversation starters
Chapter 10 - Communicating with optimism
Remote-ready leadership and how the leader is every remote team’s North Star + 5 conversation starters
Conclusion
Further Reading
About the Author
