When Do We Actually Need To Meet In Person

In my last post I talked about the importance of alignment with your communication platforms and the activities you are trying to resolve.  The days of all the team members meeting to share information updates and to take the time to hear from everyone are over.

Meetings will need to be smaller with hybrid temporary working groups and the use of project management software is essential for keeping everyone up to date.  This post by Rae Ringle is excellent and should be a must read and share for all team leaders:

“Three days in the office, two working from home? Or two weeks in the office, then two at home (or some other, more alluring remote locale)? Everyone in all the time, like in 2019?

These are some of the options leaders are considering as they grapple with what going back to work should look like. Some of these new arrangements are landing uneasily. At Apple, for example, employees are pushing back against a policy requiring them to be in the office three days a week, describing a “disconnect between how the executive team thinks about remote/location-flexible work and the lived experiences of many of Apple’s employees.”

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