In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we chat with Mike Schaffer, Group Senior Vice President, Corporate Digital Innovation at Marina Maher Communications.

Mike has been named: One of the World's Top PR & Marketing Gurus | Top 30 PR Pros on Twitter | A PR & Marketing Superhero | One of the Foremost Authorities on Trust in Business. In this episode, he shares decades of insight and experience as a remote leader in the industry. We touch upon remote leadership, how to develop empathy as a leader, radical candor, remote onboarding, and much more. 

• Exciting projects Mike is working on today. (1:05)
• How his leadership approach has evolved since the pandemic. (2:30)
• How to manage digital relationships and social media with your team positively. (4:10)
• How to lead 1-1 meetings. (6:30)
• How to get to know new team members and develop a management style that works for them. (8:20)
• How to leverage both office-based and remote-first leadership skills. (11:50)
• How has hiring changed since the pandemic? (15:40)
• Mindset shifts that leadership went through to adapt to remote work. (17:35)
• How to onboard remote employees (19:35)
• Asynchronous communication for onboarding remote employees (23:05)
• Introverts vs. extroverts and leadership styles. (24:25)
• How to build an intentional remote culture. (26:28)
• Most significant mindset shift Mike has experienced since 2020. (28:32)
• Lightning round questions. (30:38)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast

• twitter.com/mikeschaffer
• linkedin.com/in/mikeschaffer
• instagram.com/mikeschaffer/
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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