Marc Haine argues that remote work has left teams isolated and disconnected. Leaders need to bring back regular check-ins that go beyond project updates to ask how people are actually doing. Intentional connection, not just productivity metrics, keeps teams healthy.
I have not left the office in about 2 days, meaning my home now. So, I think what needs to happen is we need to recognize that that habit of being alone is something that is real since the pandemic and get back to some basics where we're checking in with people and saying, how are you really doing? I know you're right on mark with your numbers and your teams are okay and there's not been any conflict. And we're right on target with that project. But how are you truly doing? And I think what we are remiss in doing now, when we were in person full-time, when we were in corporate, we were seeing each other all the time. We have to really implement some of the basic things now to really, really connect because we're not seeing each other often enough to do it organically.
