Optimizing your presence – hybrid environments and global teams

Your presence will also impact how your leadership ability is perceived. Today, a lot of teams are remote, hybrid, distributed, or decentralized in some way. When teams are set up this way and accepted as the norm, we can forget about the value of “face time” or seeing each other’s faces. In the Face time still matters article from the Harvard Business Review, they discuss the current dynamic of hybrid and global teams. They offer the following advice and strategies for being intentional and even creative with deciding when and how to show your face:

• If you have the opportunity to go to an office to meet with colleagues, make those days about communication, whether it is individual meetings, group meetings, or just informal conversations. You will be able to make a greater leadership impact this way. Share the dates when you will be in the office to make yourself accessible to team members...