LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky decides to allow employees to work remotely for good.

Where is the best place to work? At home or in the office? LinkedIn's answer: Yes

Rather than fret about what everyone should do,?LinkedIn's CEO,?Ryan Roslansky, announced that LinkedIn's new policy was that they would trust people to work however and wherever worked best for them.?

"We've learned every individual and every team works differently, so we're moving away from a one-size-fits-all policy," wrote Roslansky, and that is advice that every business owner should remember.?

Trust is key

If you can't trust your employees to do their jobs, they probably shouldn't be your employees regardless of location. However, working from home is a skill, and you may need to train and coach people on how to do it. You need to work differently in your living room than you do in your cubicle. The distractions are different, the environment is different, and the boundaries are different.?

Managing remote workers is also different from?managing people you can see. Yes, every manager should be managing by performance, but there are still differences. For instance, you can walk by someone's cubicle and tell that they are struggling with something. You can then offer help or guidance. In a remote environment, your employee needs to be proactive about speaking up--or the manager needs to be proactive about asking. Either way, it's different.

But?trusting your employees to make their own decisions about what works for them can go a long way toward building an engaged workforce.

However, one note: Roslansky's message didn't say that everyone would always get to choose where they worked. He said, "We're embracing flexibility with both hybrid?and remote roles," which sounds an awful lot like some roles will have more time in the office, by design. That's OK--just be honest about each position when hiring.

Trying to force everyone back to the office 100 per cent probably won't be a successful strategy. LinkedIn is wise to listen to its people.?

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Purva Sonawane

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