Je suis depuis longtemps partisant du télétravail. Je ne suis pas très fanatique des discussions de machine à café (même si je reconnais leur grande utilité en entreprise : c’est souvent là qu’on apprend beaucoup de choses), je ne fume pas donc ne prend pas de pause cigarettes, et d’une manière générale aime bien travailler depuis chez moi. Or, j’ai pu lire un article fort intéressant sur le sujet publié sur la HBR (Harvard Business Review) : Why Remote Workers Are More (Yes, More) Engaged, expliquant une chose que je n’aurais pas crû forcément répandue. Ls employés en télétravail sont plus impliqués !

The team members who were not in the same location with their leaders were more engaged and committed— and rated the same leader higher—than team members sitting right nearby. While the differences were not enormous (a couple of tenths of a point in both categories), they were enough to provoke some interesting speculations as to why this might be happening.

Puis, l’auteur explique les 4 principaux points qui lui ont fait arriver à cette conclusion. Mon préféré :

Leaders of far-flung teams maximize the time spent together
Having had to make such an effort to get the team together, these leaders naturally want to make the best use of their precious time. They take care to filter out as many distractions as possible so they can focus on the work to be done together. They also typically spend more than an ordinary work day together, socializing at planned luncheons, dinners, and activities. This level of focused attention is hard to replicate day to day. I’ve heard from some employees who work near their bosses on teams whose other members work elsewhere that the most time they spend with their leader is when the others come in for such meetings.

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