Trust. The Missing Metric.

When Peter Drucker said, "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." he was, in essence, advocating a cure for mediocrity through better metrics. Unfortunately, he didn't specify what should be measured. Devan was excited about her promotion from leading a single team in the CS organization to Head of Customer Success at a remote-first enterprise software company. Her former CS team consistently outperformed the other teams in the group across customer…

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The Remedy for Remote Performance Anxiety

If you're one of the tens of thousands of managers now leading a fully remote team, many of your people likely felt a sense of excitement with the freedom of going virtual. As the weeks go by, that initial excitement often gives way to anxiety as the pressure of meeting deadlines and goals without being face-to-face sinks in. That isn’t unusual as many people are more comfortable resolving issues or making tough decisions…

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