Remote Workplace Culture

How to Bring Energy and Focus to Remote Teams

Sean O'Meara, Cary Cooper

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781398603868
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398603875
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

The way we work has changed and a strong, supportive company culture is key for success. When employees work remotely, even occasionally, HR professionals and business leaders need to think differently.

Practitioners now need to motivate their workforce, support talent development, ensure an inclusive environment and protect their employees' mental health, all without being in the same physical space. A strong and effective company culture that is built specifically with this purpose in mind is crucial. Remote Workplace Culture is a practical guide that shows how to achieve this and explains why simply replicating what used to happen in the office in a virtual environment doesn't work.

This book shows how a strong culture for remote, hybrid and flexible working helps attract the best talent, whether this is nationally or globally and explains how to prioritize inclusion. There is also specific guidance on wellbeing initiatives, how to replace social learning in a hybrid or remote working culture and how to avoid common pitfalls such as an overreliance on technology, the blurring of work/life boundaries and a misunderstanding of remote working etiquette. Supported by case studies from BBC, Salesforce, leading financial services brands and law firms, Remote Workplace Culture is essential reading for all HR professionals and business leaders needing to develop strong company culture in the new world of work.

Index

Abrdn 87

Agile working 152–53

Airbnb 21

Albarran, Alejandra 84, 92, 95

annualized hours contracts 99–101

Apple 30–31, 36

appraisals 156

Armstrong, Brian 4

artificial intelligence (AI)

bias in recruitment tools 49–50

job losses caused by automation 181–85

Arup 42

authenticity, being your authentic self 75

automation of jobs 43, 66

constraints of task automation 170–71

job losses caused by 181–85

autonomy

life changes related to remote working 19

rise of 172–74

Autonomy think-tank 78

Barclays 6

Basecamp 114, 115

Beane, Billy 26

Bell, Daniel 66

Berbatov, Dimitar 24

Bernstein, Ethan 85–86

Blair, Tony 2, 63

Bluejeans 139, 164–65

BP 86–87

Brainerd, Paul 182

broadband, upgrading for home workers 40–41

burnout prevention 77–83

business continuity planning 16, 18

Cameron, David 30

Campbell, Nicky 27

Canva 21

career progression

effects of working from home 29–30

performance measurement for remote workers 22–23

Carter, Andrew 26–28

case study, Essential Content Ltd see remote by design 117–43

Centre for Cities 26–28

Chew, Nathan 94–95

Clason, George S 31

cloud-based processes 16–17

Clubhouse 21

coffee shops

as third workplaces 91–93

as working spaces 67

importance for stay-at-home commuters 68–69

owners’ objections to remote working 27–29

Coinbase 4

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 65

communications see organizational communications

competitive overtime 23

Conservative Party 2019 manifesto 3–4

Cooper, Cary 73

Co-operative Bank 175

corporate overreach 177–81

corporate surveillance of remote workers 178–81

Covid-19 pandemic

driver of remote working 3–5, 17, 18

impact on job recruitment 51–52

workplace hygiene and ventilation 37

co-working spaces 67, 93–96

Craigslist 30, 31

Credit Suisse 6

Crothers, John 108

cubicles in offices 86

culture see organizational culture; remote work culture

Cunliffe, Rachel 67

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Table of contents

• About the authors
• Introduction
• 01 The new normal
• 02 It’s not just where we work, it’s how we work
• 03 Recruitment, onboarding and retention
• 04 Social impact
• 05 Work–life integration
• 06 Wellbeing, environment, inclusion and belonging
• 07 Remote by design: A case study
• 08 Remote culture tools, hacks and techniques
• 09 Rules and etiquette
• 10 A hybrid future: Balancing physical and virtual culture
• Conclusion
• References
• Index