Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere – Evidence-Based Strategies for Virtual Teams, Trust, and Productivity

LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR

“I often talk about the importance of trust when it comes to work: the trust of your employees and building trust with your customers. This book provides a blueprint for how to build and maintain that trust and connection in a digital environment.” —Eric S. Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom

Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in virtual and global work Tsedal Neeley reveals how to thrive in remote and hybrid organizations.

Succeeding in a hybrid work environment comes with unique challenges. Managers must lead virtually more and more, keep teams motivated and productive, employ the most effective digital tools, and build trust. Employees need to feel connected, foster creativity, and continue to learn and feel supported. Remote Work Revolution answers the eight questions Tsedal Neeley gets asked the most about overcoming hybrid and remote work challenges, such as: How can I trust colleagues I barely see? How should I use digital tools in remote work? What do I need to know about leading virtually? Can my team really be productive remotely? Providing evidence-based answers, effective management strategies, key takeaways, and an interactive action guide, this book will help leaders and team members improve team collaboration and deliver results previously out of reach. This book is essential reading for navigating the enduring challenges teams and managers face in remote and hybrid work.

Remote Work Revolution provides the blueprint for leaders and employees to thrive in this new era of work, delivering evidence-based answers to your most pressing concerns:

• Building Trust: Learn how to establish connection and confidence with colleagues you barely see, a critical foundation for any successful virtual team.
• Team Productivity: Discover if your team can truly be productive remotely with data-backed insights from a leading Harvard Business School professor.
• Effective Digital Tools: Move beyond tech exhaustion by strategically choosing the right business communication tools for the right task, ensuring clarity and impact.
• Leading Virtually: Master the skills you need to guide teams from a distance, keeping your people motivated, engaged, and aligned on key goals.

Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, an award-winning scholar, teacher and expert on virtual and global work, digital tools, leading global and digital transformation. She heads the Leadership and Organizational Behavior required MBA course, co-chairs the Leading Global Businesses executive offering, and is the author of the award-winning book, The Language of Global Success. Her work has been published in top journals and has been featured on BBC, CNN, Forbes, Financial Times, MarketWatch, New York Times, Nikkei, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and many other outlets. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University, specializing in Work, Technology and Organizations. She was named one of the inaugural Forbes Future of Work 50.