If you learned to be a manager in an office-centric setup, async-first remote work may seem like an opaque way to lead your people. How do you manage without walking around and listening? In this post, I’ll unpack the risks of leading unhappy, disengaged or struggling team members in remote teams and what you as a manager can do to pre-empt these problems.

The future is uncertain. So, it helps to keep an adaptive mindset so we can respond to this uncertainty. I believe there are five key trends that are shaping the future of work, and, in this post, I want to share my thoughts about them.