Written by Elon Musk is in the news from @msnbc saying that workers are wrong and selfish for embracing remote work. These comments scream that they are from someone disconnected from what the workforce really wants and needs. It also shows that he needs some leadership development training. It also shows in living color a man who is screaming facilities while living in a glass house.
The future of business is in remote work, and embracing it is far from immoral. Those who truly understand the psychology and history of business leadership understand that remote work is here to stay, and we need to evolve with the change, not work to go back in time. The work-from-home modality helps enhance women’s ability to be in the workplace with less discrimination and address the pay gaps caused by unconscious bias. Specifically in the mom penalties, and how many companies view mothers as less reliable because they have a family and thus are less likely to be hired or promoted. Even though the data shows women bring major organizational talents to the workplace and there is no evidence that they are, as a group, less loyal talent in the workplace. Working parents who can use the work-from-home modality can also better have a work-life balance and bond with their families more. Having more cohesive family dynamics statistically is also a big benefit to the overall economy and workforce as well.
Remote work also enhances diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Those who are disabled do not have to emotionally mask as much and thus are able to lead authentically. Which increases the creative problem-solving in an organization. Also, overall enhancement and expansion of diversity in the workplace have also been shown to statistically encourage increased productivity and creativity in the workplace. Where Elon Musk has a long history of his companies having racial discrimination cases. As an example his most recent case that he lost this year as seen in the link below from Reuters.
Attitudes reflect leadership or the lack there of. Remote work is a call back to traditional work concepts such as workers happiness and the research showing it benefits productivity. Remote work also makes more effective leaders have to be in the trenches with them doing the work by leading by example. Thus correcting disconnections with the workforce shown in Musk’s remarks. Remote work is also a return to understanding that employees are a company’s greatest assets and should be treated as such. Business is a symbiotic relationship and we have to respect each other in it again. We must embrace that remote work is here to stay and instead ask the real questions on remote work instead of living in the past.
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