Adapting Your Leadership Style for Remote Work

by | May 3, 2023 | Podcast | 0 comments

Steve Cadigan
Steve Cadigan

Steve Cadigan is a Talent Advisor at Cadigan Talent Ventures, which helps top organizations and leaders build compelling talent solutions for the digital era. As a keynote speaker on the future of work, he has been at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture for the past 30 years. Steve was LinkedIn’s first Chief HR Officer, having scaled the company’s talent from 400 to 4,000 in 3.5 years. 

He is the author of Workquake and has been recognized as an exceptional world-class performer in culture by the Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, and other publications. In 2021, Steve was recognized as being among the top 200 Global Thought Leaders in the world of people and talent.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • [6:33] Steve Cadigan talks about the adversity HR leaders face — and how they can elevate their mental health
  • [10:11] How the pandemic has shifted US work culture 
  • [16:03] Creating a culture in remote and hybrid work environments
  • [20:38] The barriers to remote work adoption
  • [28:16] Steve addresses the problem with corporate America
  • [35:01] What can businesses learn from Elon Musk’s leadership style?
  • [39:27] Leadership’s impact on company culture
  • [41:32] Tips to prepare for and recover from layoffs 
  • [48:30] How countries are competing for talent

In this episode…

The pandemic has altered corporate America as employees shift from being work-focused to seeking freedom and balance. But many company owners and senior executives lack the knowledge to build consistent, scalable businesses in remote and hybrid work environments. What can you observe from recent workforce developments, and how can you create an attractive culture?

Elon Musk’s decision to require 80-hour on-site work weeks has deterred employees, with many leaving to pursue flexible remote opportunities or hybrid environments offering child care, fitness centers, and restaurants. Future of work advocate and culture expert Steve Cadigan helps middle management teams communicate the value of remote work to their senior executives. He maintains that leaders should adapt their departments to manage uncertainty and adversity by making current and future decisions and generating trust and confidence among team members. 

Join Rolando Rosas and Dave Kelly in this episode of What The Teck? as Steve Cadigan returns to share strategies for adapting to the evolving work world. Steve explains how to create a culture in hybrid and remote work environments, the dilemma of corporate America, and leadership’s impact on company culture.

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Episode Transcript:

Steve Cadigan 0:00

I’ve been hired by two Fortune 100 firms, middle management, you ready for this? Okay to help them learn how to convince their senior executives that they shouldn’t have to return to the office. Middle management, hiring me twice to help them build an argument and build their case to their leadership team. Many senior executives are not confident they know how to build a successful, repeatable, scalable business in a completely different domain of hybrid work and remote work, then they do and in-person one, because they just don’t have the evidence and the proof and their butts on the line show it was just saying, show me the money.

Intro 0:43

What what, what? Welcome to the What The Teck? podcast where we talk about business and Office Technology, and put our 20 years of expertise to discussing trends and issues impacting the workplace.

Rolando Rosas 1:07

This podcast is brought to you by Global Teck Worldwide, your Technology Office experts that’s been around for 20 years providing trusted, personalized office IT solutions, check them out at amazon.com/teck. That’s amazon.com/teck Hi, this is Rolando here. 

Dave Kelly 1:30

And I’m Dave checking in. 

Rolando Rosas 1:32

And we are your co host for the show What The Teck? where we speak to business and tech influencers to gain their insights in today’s evolving business world, Dave.

Dave Kelly 1:43

Listen, and before we introduce today’s guests, Rolando, you want to give big props to a few people out there.

Rolando Rosas 1:49

I absolutely want to Dave because this is a really cool, smart gang of people. It’s the folks over at MDS, otherwise known as million dollar sellers group. I gotta tell you, Dave, we sell on Amazon, and it’s a very challenging platform to sell and thrive on. And a lot of the folks in that group have been like a lifeline for us. They you know, a lot of the stuff that’s flying under the radar that you just don’t hear about. You don’t see it on the forums, but they’re connected in their own way. And we’ve all helped each other but there’s some specific people there that I want to recognize. E and sells. Leslie Pearson, she has a game called taco Burrito Boy, it’s awesome. She’s on fire there. Jeremy Abend. And Anthony, when all of you there’s so many more, but those are some folks that I’ve seen their posts that have been absolutely helpful. And you’ll want to check out if you want some of that flavor, check out that Million Dollar Sellers Podcast hosted by Nick shoe set on the Apple podcast. And you’ll hear some of the amazing folks that are in the e-commerce space today.

Dave Kelly 2:57

You know, we’re gonna have to introduce some of those folks to join our cast some day.

Rolando Rosas 3:02

No doubt, no doubt, I’ll give them some big props clap up for them.

Dave Kelly 3:06

And listen, today’s guests Steve Cadigan. He’s been with us before, so he’s a returning guest. And if you want to see Steve’s original interview with us, you can check out that podcast and many more over at circuitloops.com. So our guest today is Steve Cadigan. Steve has been at the forefront of global talent Strategy and company culture for the past 30 plus years. He is most famous for scaling LinkedIn from 400 to 4000 employees in just about three and a half years. He’s the author of Workquake a down to earth guide to creating a better model for work. Steve is the co host of the work week after hours podcast was Shane Howard, also a previous guest and one of our favorite content creators. We really liked his stories on LinkedIn. We love his insights about the unique workplace and the future of work. Go follow him and listen if you’re looking for some fun stuff. You got to check out his Tech Talk channel.

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