How to Win Friends and Manage Remotel..., McKenna Sweazey
How to Win Friends and Manage Remotel..., McKenna Sweazey
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How to Win Friends and Manage Remotely

Author: McKenna Sweazey

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 09/01/2022


Synopsis

How do you manage a poor performer over Zoom? How do you casually deliver positive feedback via Slack? What's the most professional use of a gif?

Management was hard enough pre-pandemic, and now, the difficulty in getting things done has dramatically increased. In face-to-face interactions, humans have thousands of indicators to tell them what the other party is thinking and how they are reacting. Resorting to purely digital communication obliterates these clues, stopping us from reading the subtle body language we've evolved to use in all interactions to become better leaders, kinder managers, and more effective cogs in the corporate machine.

How to Win Friends and Manage Remotely shares real-life examples, scientifically proven ideas, and distillations of tried-and-true business tenets—all mapped to a new virtual-first office. This book is a handbook—a step-by-step guide to common interactions in the workplace, using eight classic management examples: from digitizing your onboarding journey, to helping new recruits, to delivering useful feedback over video conference. Combining academic research and personal experiences across various companies, roles, and countries, this is a roadmap to get listeners through the WFH (work from home) quagmire and help us all be more cognizant of others' perspectives in this brave new world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by McKenzie on September 26, 2022

I think it’s fair to say that since the pandemic began, most of us suddenly had to find a new rhythm and figure out what being professionally efficient would look like from an at-home environment. While most of us may have achieved a certain level of comfort in our home offices, there have been new......more

Goodreads review by Amy on December 27, 2022

Having worked remotely for several years (and prior to COVID), the first half of this book was all very familiar and would be good for a new leader or someone new to leading remotely. I appreciated the last few chapters as they addressed holding people accountable and remembering your role as a leade......more

Goodreads review by Mollie on February 10, 2025

I had to push to get through this book. I felt like it started off with some relatable situations and a few helpful ideas that I took notes on, but I didn't find the last third of the book to be very helpful or interesting.......more