Risk & Business Magazine General Insurance Service Fall 2022 | Page 16

WORK FROM HOME

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TIPS TO HELP

YOU WORK FROM HOME

LIKE A BOSS

BY KIM SCOTT

Working remotely is hard . If you work from home , it ’ s really important to have quick , frequent interactions with the people you collaborate with . This will allow you to pick up on people ’ s most subtle emotional cues .

I learned this from my boss when I lived in Russia . He made a point of calling me every day from New York , if only for a three-minute check-in call . He had operations in Africa in the 1970s and had learned the importance of frequent communication to pick up on emotional cues from people in far-flung locations .
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