Table $2$: Remote Workers

Remote workers are people who work from home or other off$-$site locations $($not at client sites$)$ some or all of the time.

What are the challenges for the organization and for employees who work remotely in terms of their effectiveness and well$-$being in this work arrangement? Provide specific examples. Several firms $($Yahoo$,$ IBM, etc.$)$ have recently reduced the level of remote work. What problems do you think they experienced?

What personal characteristics enable some people to work remotely better $($or worse$)$ than other people? Why are those attributes important?

How can leaders $($sypervisors to executives$)$ support and maintain the performance of remote workers? Provide specific examples from your experience as a remote worker, a supervisor of remote workers, or knowledge of others in those situations.