Navigating Post-Pandemic Remote Work: Leadership and GenAI Risks
Explore the leadership challenges of moving away from remote work and how GenAI automation may impact careers of those who remain in remote roles.
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Timothy Chester
As organizations exit the post-pandemic era, one of the most difficult leadership challenges I have seen is navigating the transition away from remote work. These shifts are frequently CEO-directed. My professional instinct, shaped as a baby boomer, is toward alignment and executing quickly. For many Millennial and Gen Z colleagues, however, this transition is seen as a regression, a sign of an indifferent workplace that devalues workers.
Timothy Chester
This puts leaders in a structural bind. To challenge these policies is to risk being viewed as ineffective at managing unpopular workplace changes; to enforce them is to be seen as an unsympathetic leader indifferent to employee well-being. But, this friction now masks a bigger, more consequential risk.
Timothy Chester
In the era of GenAI, remote work may be more detrimental to a career than many realize. In today’s Dispatch, we explore how remote work is easily automated. Those who remain tethered to remote roles may find their opportunities curtailed as GenAI begins the systematic automation of work.