As the world moves to a more remote workforce, businesses across industries and markets are having to adapt. We asked leaders who have experience with making remote work effective to share their stories, lessons, and insights with us.

Jessica Rocker

Working remotely is actually the foundation of my company and was the driving force in its creation. I had previously been in a toxic work environment and was feeling burnt out. I needed to create income while also taking a break from the overwhelm that my work experience had brought so far. So many things had been out of my control, so I started my business to have some sort of say in how my day went, who I would interact with, and how I spent my breaks. Read more>>

Angela Chavez

I am very hands on in checking quality control and delegating tasks to my artisan teams so after visiting them since they live in isolated places i always make sure to follow up with their work remotely by consistently conneting to their head artisan and also my business people in the city. Consistent communication is what I believe is the key to creating a successful projects Read more>>

Melanie Ulle

Philanthropy Expert has always been had a hybrid work environment. We started with an office but made work flexible for our team. Since the pandemic, we no longer pay for an office, or for coworking memberships for the team. We are entirely remote, which allows for a more diverse and geographically dispersed team. There was a time when everyone at PE was in Colorado. Now, we have someone in London, another in Minneapolis and still another in Anchorage. Read more>>