Shanli Liu, a CPA and CTP, argues that remote work culture requires deliberate effort to replicate the organic conversations that happen in offices. Hire self-regulating people who need minimal supervision, she says. Companies that pick employees requiring constant direction struggle from the start.
You have to really be intentional remotely to build a culture. You have to be able to figure out ways to manufacture organic conversations that you would be having if you had in-person office. If you want people to work remotely, you need people who have more ability to self-regulate because you're not there to regulate them on a consistent basis. And so I think a lot of companies fail at the pick. They pick people who need to be highly regulated, highly watched. They need a lot of direction. It's always going to be an uphill battle if you don't pick the right kind of people from the get-go.
