Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Go Ahead: Lead from Afar

Having a read through Profit Magazine, I came across an interesting article by Kara Aaserud who writes about Managing people remotely. Here is the exert from her work:

Go Ahead: Lead from Afar

As telework gains popularity, it begs the question: How well can Managers lead people from a distance? For "Remote Leadership, Communication Effectiveness and Leader Performance" Derrick Neufeld of the Richard Ivey School for Business in London ON surveyed 41 business leaders and 138 of their remote workers on leadership style, physical distance and communication effectiveness between leaders and followers. The surprise result: "Leaders who communicated effectively, or ineffectively, did so whether they were right in front of the person or a thousand miles away," says Neufeld. "Distance just wasn't a factor."

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