Technology Magazine December 2020 | Page 187

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“ If I look at my own leadership style , it ’ s collaborative and open . I ’ ve always been of the view that you need to be able to challenge me . So I give my team members the space to do that if they don ’ t agree with what I ’ m saying . That does prompt a better level of conversation , better collaboration and much better results .” The pandemic has created the need for a higher level of sympathy and empathy , which has been necessary to best take advantage of
remote working technology . “ Working from home , working in isolation suits some better than others , so it ’ s important to be better listeners . If you think about remote collaboration before the pandemic , if you dialled into a meeting while others were physically present in a meeting room , you were always a bit of a hanger on . That ’ s definitely changed . Now , people are given the opportunity to talk and encouraged to voice their thoughts and opinions .”
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