One of the main trends in the new economy is people working at home, connected to work by net. How can one be a leader with much less eye-to-eye contact?
Most leaders still go to the “office” on a regular basis. In fact, it is extremely important that they be seen around the organization. The majority of people working at home are followers (who are just as important as the leaders). These followers who do work at home are some of the best led as they are being motivated both extrinsically and intrinsically by being well paid and being allowed to perform their job as they best see fit. Leaders, who do work from the home due to the workplace being a mostly work-at-home environment, find these well-motivated employees are to their advantage. The only caution would be to have weekly or semi-weekly meetings to allow all the employees a chance to meet each other face-to-face on a regular basis.
