Leading in the Age of Remote Work

Introduction

Hi everyone! I'm Berk. The topic I would like to talk to you about today is leadership in remote work, a feature that came into our lives with Covid-19. Remote working is a model that has suddenly entered our lives and is now generally preferred by employees.

But we will reflect on how leadership, which is sometimes difficult even face to face, can benefit or harm from this situation. I think leadership is a trait that knows no boundaries and should be used and developed in all circumstances. However, in the online process, some leaders may be at a disadvantage, such as leaders who use their body language successfully, especially in situations where cameras are not used.

In this article, I will give real-life examples of some of these situations and how you can turn them to your advantage.

Being A Leader in Remote

One of the questions on everyone's minds since the introduction of remote working is definitely now how to understand the real thinking of the other party, especially in meetings without cameras. We literally CANNOT understand. Because most of the communication processes consist of non-verbal communication.

Therefore, leaders will now need other qualities. Tone of voice will become more important and even a good leader will be one who can understand the other person's thoughts by the tone of his or her voice.

For example, when our lives were online, I was preparing for the university entrance exam. In this process, our classes were online and our teachers were hosts. He constantly reminded us that we had to turn on our camera or we might not understand the lesson. Because they could not understand the mental state of the class and they felt they were speaking into a vacuum and they did not want that.

While leadership processes change hands even in a simple classroom setting, leadership in large corporations has changed more and will change more in the future.

Conclusion

As a result, leadership has been and will continue to be greatly affected by the online process. Therefore, it would be better to look at leadership from a larger perspective rather than from smaller perspectives.