The Long-Distance Teammate

Chapter 12

How to Work with Others Remotely

When COVID-19 hit, Richard was looking forward to working from home more often. On the few occasions he’d done it before, he was able to accomplish a lot and felt productive. Now that he’s permanently working remotely, he sometimes creates his own systems and ways of doing things, but he is no longer feeling as productive and has a harder time coordinating his work with the rest of his teammates’.

For most of us, one of the prime benefits of working remotely is that we can concentrate on our work better than when we are in an office environment. The problem is that for most of us to do great work, we need to work with other people.

In the traditional workplace, the rules and norms for how things get ...