This article was originally published on Catersource.

When you think of effective leadership, you probably picture scenes of hands-on training and in-person evaluations. It can seem like a challenge to lead a team from a distance and rightly so; there is a lot of value in face-to-face communication that we don’t typically get from emails and Slack messages.

Still, there are times that distance leadership is necessary; for example, the current COVID-19 pandemic has us social distancing and, as a result, working from home. That’s not to say your businesses cannot keep running — you and your team just have to get creative in terms of expectations and communication. It’s not just crisis situations, though; leading a team remotely comes in handy when you’re traveling for business, sick at home, or simply out of the office for a day’s worth of meetings.

With that said, leading from afar is an important skill to build as you’ll never know when a situation calls for remote leadership and, if you want your business to be sustainable, you need to be effective no matter where you’re located in proximity to your team…READ MORE.