To begin, Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Erskine has done some fascinating research on leading employees via online, virtual interactions.  In a thought-provoking article published by my friends at the Center for Creative Leadership Dr. Erskine wrote: “Although physical separation and communication channels may be what the news media and organizations are focused on, the real driver [in virtual leadership] is the degree of psychological distance between leaders and followers.  Followers who felt that their leader trusted them, would back them in difficult situations, and give them autonomy were both more successful and more satisfied.”

The full article is available online at this link.

Next week, I’ll be chairing the Human Capital Institute’s Employee Engagement Conference in Boston.  It’s not to late to sign up and attend.  You can find out more about the program at this link.

In the coming weeks I’ll be working on an article for The Economic Times in India, a guest editorial I was invited to write for Talent Management magazine, speaking along with my colleague Jason Pankau to the leaders of a hospital system in Chicago and completing a book proposal for a book I’m coauthoring with Stephen Paletta, winner of Oprah Winfrey’s Big Give television program and founder of The International Education Exchange.

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