Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In

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NARROW THE FOCUS

Concentrate all of your focus on the important work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

Can you imagine being trapped in the same location for over 300 days, where all communication is remote, and you can’t go outside without the right equipment? To make matters more challenging, can you also imagine having a personal space the size of a phone booth, being 254 miles away from civilization, and traveling at 17,500 miles per hour?

Unless you are one of the 242 astronauts who have ever boarded the International Space Station, then it’s difficult to imagine how anyone can deal with such extreme isolation. If you or your team experience isolation due to remote work, then take ...