Ep 473: Finding the Happy Medium on Remote Work with Gustavo Razzetti

Sean: So one of the questions you mentioned is culture as well. Is there a necessary culture? Because you said that there are companies who have people in the office. Culture is not that great. They're distant from each other, even though. They are just a few feet away. Is there a necessary culture that has to be established first, or is there a kind of culture that would make for a very good working-from-home or remote team for this to be able to work well? Gustavo: That's a fantastic question, Sean. I think the most important thing about culture is, first, defining what type of culture you want for your company. There are different types of cultures. You mentioned Elon Musk. He likes what we call aggressive culture and aggressiveness that it's all about, hey, if you have to sleep in the office, work 24 hours, do it. It's all about results. Doesn't matter about the people. The other extreme of those cultures are companies that are maybe all about people, very people-centric, very tribal, and sometimes overly protective. Now they're all worldly people first. Lots of perks. Make sure that people and then there are many in-between cultures, like what we call the fearless culture is a culture which it's very aggressive, very innovative. It's looking for lofty goals. But on the other hand, it also takes care of people. So it's not on people not signing on, only business results, finding the right balance. The most important thing is about defining. But second, is how you intentionally create culture. There are things that, for example, if you are a leader, how you model, know your behavior, not just what you say, but what you do shapes the culture. Regardless if you're working in an office remotely or a combination of both, you need to spend, for example, between 10 and 15% of the time that you, for example, you're in a meeting or on a call. Spend that time on building interpersonal relationships, for example, the people that work fully, remotely, when they get together once every quarter or twice a year, that time it's mostly spent building relationships. - - - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/leadershipstack Join our community and ask questions here: from.sean.si/discord Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipstack Leadership Stack Merch: https://leadershipstack.com/shop/ - - - Gustavo Razzetti Website: https://gustavorazzetti.com/ Website: https://www.fearlessculture.design/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavorazzetti Twitter: https://twitter.com/gusrazzetti