Hayden brown talks about the evolving work place and offers specific advice on how to ate new remote work realities. She argues that full in person models will have trouble surviving, and suggests specific ways to cultivate a compelling organizational culture without relying on regular in office presence. Plus she shares two key lessons about setting high standards and acting with speed that have propelled her and her company through a crisis heavy landscape.
Most future of work conversations revolve around the “where,” but Upwork CEO Hayden Brown says it’s more important to focus on the “who.” 10% of the workforce at Upwork, the global tech platform for millions of freelance workers, was directly impacted by the Ukrainian war. Hayden’s people-focused approach to the difficult decision of how to manage remote employees in Russia is the same mindset she applies to meet the needs of all workers, from people feeling conflict to working mothers.
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