Chapter 9 How Distance Changes Your Role

Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection.

—Vironika Tugaleva, author and digital nomad

Alisha is exhausted. Her team went fully remote during 2020 and remained that way for nearly two years. When many people around the company returned to the office, some of her team members balked and asked to keep working from home. As much as she supports the company’s decision requiring her to be in the office as much as possible, she has found that the flexibility of working remotely allowed her more family time and less time wasted during the commute. She finds herself half-heartedly enforcing ...

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