Smart Work
The Ultimate Handbook for Remote and Hybrid Teams
1st Edition
Published on 16. September 2021
208 pages
978-1-4729-9250-5 (ISBN)
Description
"A treasure trove of ideas for the new working world." - Jo Youle, Chief Executive, Missing People
In a world still adjusting to the impact of the pandemic, remote and hybrid working is new territory for most people. But many managers can be poorly equipped to deal with it: the more casual ways of managing in a physical office simply don't work with remote teams, and most tasks will be more challenging when conducted at a distance. Aspects of this will be great news for some people: managing remote teams can often raise the bar for leaders and managers, as well as for the teams themselves. But office-based, face-to-face leadership, while certainly effective, is often more informal and ad hoc, and a number of basic management tasks can be much harder to complete remotely:
- managing workloads and performance;
- resolving problems and miscommunications;
- motivation (and the lack of);
- professional development and ongoing training; and
- identifying, setting and measuring goals and targets.
This new title shows how leaders, managers and team members can raise their games to meet the challenges of 21st century leadership and our new age of working.
In a world still adjusting to the impact of the pandemic, remote and hybrid working is new territory for most people. But many managers can be poorly equipped to deal with it: the more casual ways of managing in a physical office simply don't work with remote teams, and most tasks will be more challenging when conducted at a distance. Aspects of this will be great news for some people: managing remote teams can often raise the bar for leaders and managers, as well as for the teams themselves. But office-based, face-to-face leadership, while certainly effective, is often more informal and ad hoc, and a number of basic management tasks can be much harder to complete remotely:
- managing workloads and performance;
- resolving problems and miscommunications;
- motivation (and the lack of);
- professional development and ongoing training; and
- identifying, setting and measuring goals and targets.
This new title shows how leaders, managers and team members can raise their games to meet the challenges of 21st century leadership and our new age of working.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-9250-5 (9781472992505)
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Jo Owen is the author of 20 books, which have been translated into more than 20 languages and with UK sales exceeding 150,000 copies. He is also the only four-time winning author of the Chartered Management Institute Gold Award. In addition to being an author, Jo was previously the founder of eight NGOs, including Teach First. He appears regularly across national media, and is a sought-after international keynote speaker. Jo has previously published books with Kogan Page, Wiley and Pearson.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface: Smart Work
- Summary
- 1 Relationships: build networks of trust and support to make things happen
- 2 Autonomy and accountability to drive action
- 3 Motivation, mental health and mastery to sustain peak performance
- 4 Process: fix the plumbing of remote working
- Introduction: the Smart Work challenge
- The three great paradigm shifts of Smart Work
- Introduction and Summary - key points
- Chapter 1: Relationships: build networks of trust and support to make things happen
- 1.0 The nature of the hybrid working revolution
- 1.1 Build values alignment
- 1.2 Find goals alignment
- 1.3 Demonstrate credibility
- 1.4 Manage risk
- 1.5 Create your network of influence
- 1.6 Key points
- Chapter 2: Autonomy and accountability to drive action
- 2.0 The autonomy and accountability challenge
- 2.1 Managing professionals remotely: managing better by managing less
- 2.2 Recrafting your role as a leader in a world of high autonomy
- 2.3 Driving change and sustaining the revolution
- 2.4 Key points
- Chapter 3: Motivation, mental health and mastery to sustain peak performance
- 3.0 Motivation and the mental health challenge of WFH
- 3.1 Create the conditions in which you and your team will thrive
- 3.2 Manage your inner world to sustain your health and performance
- 3.3 Motivate yourself and your team
- 3.4 Key points
- Chapter 4: Process: fix the plumbing of remote working
- 4.1 Set yourself up for success
- 4.2 Set your team up for success
- 4.3 Create the rhythms and routines of success
- 4.4 Create your team's own unique success formula
- 4.5 Collaborate remotely: presentations, workshops and conferences
- 4.6 Make meetings work
- 4.7 Key points
- Conclusion: the new world of Smart Work
- Acknowledgements
- Index
