Remote Leadership Successfully Demonstrated During the Pandemic

It’s now been five years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the sudden upending of the way workplaces functioned around the world. In reflecting on this anniversary, there’s one under-the-radar innovation that emerged from the crisis that I believe has the potential to benefit organizations for years to come—but only if we’re thoughtful about how to maintain it. That innovation is the idea that we can now hire the best leaders from anywhere in the world and allow them to work remotely, not tethered to the home office or near most of their employees.