“The reality that I’ve found to be true is that if you measure people by the work they get done, rather than by the hours they spend on it, your team will accomplish more, not less.”

This is great advice I think. So often in an office team members would be sitting at their desks not actually working, if those team members were held accountable to their output it would have made a big difference.

Thanks again!

Haven’t been around for a while but wanted to drop in and weigh in on this because I find your success with the remote structure at Groove really intriguing. My favorite part of this post was your recognizing that the very foundation of an office being “good for productivity” is that it’s “good for productivity” for *some people*.

Which, of course leads right into your point about everyone having different environments they function best in. I think a hybrid would be wonderful, personally (working within the city as we do here at Responster, but perhaps having remote days as an option throughout the week).

Great food for thought, anyways!

Indeed, I am still concerned about the issue of others, who don’t remote work, thinking that I am not working enough.

Something else that works against the public’s perception of an remote work arrangement is trust. Humans are hardwired to look into the eyes and shake a hand… which isn’t really possible through the interen