This fundamental question is one that I work with a number of my clients on developing bespoke solutions for, that are tailored to each of their businesses.
As Brian Chesky, the Co-Founder, CEO of Airbnb advises, ‘Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with a passion.’
How difficult is that ‘way of sharing’ passion when some, most or all of your people work remotely?
It may be that more and more businesses are finding the loss of the shared culture is aligned with difficulties in developing new and even experienced Talent.
In his article in TALiNT International , Paul Lewis, Chief Customer Officer at Adzuna, states that from their research they’ve identified ‘The increase in on-site graduate roles indicates the need to nurture new talent on-site and help them create work networks.’
Is this because that even with impressive new tech systems and apps providing interactive environments for us to engage with our candidates and clients, it is proving more difficult for those seeking to learn and develop within their recruitment roles, to do so whilst sat alone at home?
Many of us ‘grew up’ within recruitment on a bank of desks, with accelerated learning from listening and observing experienced and proven Recruiters delivering in their own style, what we’d received training on. This, whether they were our manager, mentor or a colleague.
How effective therefore is it to learn and ‘bounce’ ideas, techniques and processes with experienced Talent, if it’s not done in the same location?
It was whilst I was consulting within Wealth Management in Ghana that I first heard the proverb “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”.
How more difficult do you find ‘going together’ whilst working remotely?
Working with my clients, we’ve developed some effective and tailored solutions delivering results, so what difficulties or successes have you had in building your skills and culture more remotely?
