Right Fit Leading: COVID and Telework, Part 1

We all realize that COVID dramatically changed our world in terms of telework specifically and remote life in general. We are still learning new things about balancing family and work, trustworthiness, performance, and accountability issues, important changes and discoveries about the way the world goes to work, and discussions of the dynamic ways people communicate.

Along with several colleagues, much of my research has turned to examinations of the reasons for resistance to telework to shed light on how COVID has changed us. So far, information from qualitative interviews concerning telework, an evaluation of employee engagement now and in the future, and ideas and actions that should prove helpful to organizations are at the heart of the discovery. A variety of issues or concerns are evident, including distractions, fatigue, accountability, communication, productivity, technology, coping, work hours, resources, and telework plans or the lack thereof.

The analyses I speak of are intended to help leaders to reinforce what we know, discover what we do not know, and identify what we should ask questions about. We can use these results to assist us in working through positive and negative aspects of telework.

This is the first in a series, but I don’t know how many parts there will be. I am simply looking forward to the educational journey.