Audiobooks by Karen Sobel Lojeski

The Power of Virtual Distance: A Guide to Productivity and Happiness in the Age of Remote Work

Virtual Distance-the measurable disconnect that arises when we rely on digitally mediated communication-applies to all of us. In the Second Edition of The Power of Virtual Distance, Karen Sobel Lojeski and Richard R. Reilly showcase fifteen years of data to describe their powerful framework for predicting everything from trust, employee engagement, and job satisfaction to bottom-line results. Technology is at the very core of everything we do, and it enables us to be more connected than ever before. But even though technology can collapse the physical distance between us, it can also spark an explosion of psychological and emotional distance. Every business leader needs to understand how these phenomena affect employees' health and well-being-and, ultimately, business performance. The Power of Virtual Distance, Second Edition represents a major new update to the authors' original text on the concept of Virtual Distance. What was, at that time, a groundbreaking new theory, proved to be a prescient expression of what has become the mainstream understanding: the more connected we become, the more isolated we begin to feel. In this Second Edition, the authors present new data, case studies, and the exponentially growing body of evidence underscoring the business case and human necessity for accounting for Virtual Distance.

Karen Sobel Lojeski, Richard R. Reilly (Author), Chloe Cannon (Narrator)

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Uniting the Virtual Workforce

As our society continues its transition from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age, new challenges are being introduced into the workplace, giving rise to a new phenomenon, Virtual Distance, comprised of three major axes: physical distance - geographic, time zone, or organizational; operational distance - multitasking, communication problems, and technical difficulties; and affinity distance - cultural differences, interdependence distance, working relationships, and social distance. Part of Wiley's Microsoft Executive Leadership series, Uniting the Virtual Workforce introduces the concept of Virtual Distance to show businesses the definite costs to doing work in a virtual environment. It then goes a step further and offers proven methods for measuring these costs and guidance on managing them. Wherever your organization is in its understanding of Virtual Distance, Uniting the Virtual Workforce covers: • How the transition to a "virtual" workforce creates real challenges to collaboration and innovation and how to measure and manage the impact • How Virtual Distance impacts productivity and innovation and offers insight and guidance on how to manage these new risks • A historical perspective on "distance," exposing the so-called "death of distance" as a myth, and showing how our understanding of distance in the virtual workplace must include psychological, as well as physical, spaces Today, almost all organizations are struggling with the impact that virtualization is having on the workplace. Yet, a full comprehension of the costs of virtualization is lacking. Uniting the Virtual Workforce: Transforming Leadership and Innovation in the Globally Integrated Enterprise presents a better understanding of Virtual Distance and the impact it has on people and performance in today's workplace, providing the essential tools necessary for minimizing its impact going forward.

Karen Sobel Lojeski, Karen Sobel Lojeski, Ph.D., Richard R. Reilly, Richard R. Reilly, Ph.D. (Author), Joyce Bean (Narrator)

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