Remote Not Distant: Design a Company Culture That Will Help You Thrive in a Hybrid Workplace | Gustavo Razzetti

Rethink everything you think you know about office culture, hybrid workplaces, and remote work.

"If you want to thrive in a post-pandemic world, read this book!" --Dr. Tasha Eurich, New York Times Bestselling Author of Insight

"The future of work isn't fixed; it's waiting to be built. Remote, Not Distant offers a tactical blueprint to building a better future for all." --Darren Murph, Head of Remote, GitLab

"Gustavo Razzetti captures the return to the office/remote debate so well and enables us to understand how we can utilize the benefits of remote working without compromising on having a great company culture. A great read!" --Liz Rider, Global Head of Leadership and Culture, Volvo

Hybrid and remote work is here to stay. What will it take for your company to succeed in the new normal?

The pandemic taught many businesses a very valuable lesson—those who don’t adapt will get left behind. Some businesses managed to not only survive but actually thrive in a remote and hybrid work model. What’s their secret?

Top culture thought leader Gustavo Razzetti answers this question in this practical, meticulously researched book. The author and consultant provides a roadmap to understand, adapt to, and succeed in a hybrid workplace. After spending years studying businesses, including Amazon, Slack, GitLab, Volvo, Microsoft, and other successful organizations, his solid grasp of the topic will challenge your perspective of hybrid and remote work.

Free Bonuses: when you purchase this book, you will gain access to download dozens of exclusive tools and templates to design your hybrid work culture.

Remote, Not Distant provides actionable tools for senior leaders, managers, team members, and consultants. Razzetti addresses the multiple areas of culture, from keeping your team connected and improving remote collaboration to managing asynchronous communication, facilitating courageous conversations, and defining the right hybrid model for your organization.

This book covers critical concepts including:

• What successful remote leaders do differently
• 5 key mindset shifts to reset your workplace culture
• Why your office was never your culture
• Tips to build culture remotely
• Building Psychological Safety–one step at a time
• Six modes of collaboration for hybrid teams
• And so much more!

The future of work is here. Will you adapt or be left in the dust?

With actionable advice, this book offers you the insights and tools you need to succeed in a hybrid workplace.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An enthusiastic road map for taking work outside the office. Razzetti is a remote-work partisan who understands that many in leadership are still unpersuaded, and the book successfully balances making a case to skeptics and giving practical advice to adherents, rendering it useful to a wide range of readers." -- Kirkus Reviews - Verdict: "Get It"
 
"Razzetti has thrown a life preserver to companies struggling to maintain their culture post-pandemic. Written in clear, concise, well-organized business prose, Razzetti has drawn an important roadmap for the future of work in which the job is meaningful, flexible, and human-centric." -- BlueInk Review - 5-Stars
 
"Remote Not Distant envisions a new kind of workplace wherein employees have more freedom, and are more productive, collaborative, and innovative, than ever before." - Foreword Reviews - 5 Stars
 
" Must Read. A relevant and handy guide-book with ample takeaways that can help organizations embrace a hybrid workplace culture." - Reedsy Discovery - 5 Stars
 
"Remote Not Distant is a must-read for company leaders, HR professionals, and CEOs who wish to stay ahead of the curve and remain in business." -- Reader's Choice - 5-Stars
"An easy-to-grasp guide on building successful remote workplaces." - BookLife
 
"Remote, Not Distant will help you stay ahead of the curve in the remote revolution. Everyone—not just leaders—will benefit from this comprehensive and actionable collection of insights, ideas, and tools to build a strong hybrid work culture. If you want to thrive in a post-pandemic world, read this book!" --Dr. Tasha Eurich, New York Times Bestselling Author of Insight 

"The future of work isn't fixed; it's waiting to be built. Remote, Not Distant offers a tactical blueprint to building a better future for all." --Darren Murph, Head of Remote, GitLab

From the Inside Flap

The workplace is changing. Will you adapt or fall behind?

While most companies have struggled to keep their culture alive remotely since the pandemic, some are successfully riding the waves of the future. To the outside observer, it seems like they were lucky. In reality, building a workplace culture strong enough to thrive at a distance doesn't happen by chance but by design.

In this practical, meticulously researched book, top culture thought leader Gustavo Razzetti provides a roadmap to understand, adapt to, and succeed in a hybrid workplace. Razzetti has spent years investigating the leading edges of this revolution, including Amazon, Slack, GitLab, Volvo, and Microsoft, to name just a few. The lessons are simple yet stunning.

Through insights, real-life examples (both successes and failures), exercises, and experiments, Razzetti will guide you through today's rapidly changing workplace to improve collaboration, whether your team members work from home, the office, or both.
 
Remote, Not Distant will walk you through a five-step process to build a strong culture in a hybrid workplace, including how to:

• Reset your culture, avoiding the pitfalls of remote work
• Align your team around a shared future
• Create a remote workplace where people belong, collaborate, and innovate
• Lean into hard, courageous conversations to solve conflict
• Collaborate in a more productive way, avoiding burnout
• Increase speed and liberate your team from unproductive meetings

From the Back Cover

Highly actionable for the post-pandemic world, this book will show you how to build a culture that feels so right you won't want to go back to normal.

"The future of work isn't fixed; it's waiting to be built. Remote, Not Distant offers a tactical blueprint to building a better future for all."
--Darren Murph, Head of Remote, GitLab
 
"Gustavo Razzetti captures the return to the office/remote debate so well and enables us to understand how we can utilize the benefits of remote working without compromising on having a great company culture. A great read!"
--Liz Rider, Global Head of Leadership and Culture, Volvo
 
"This book brilliantly captures the moment, provides context, and shares pragmatic insights into how our workforce was changed forever." 
-- William Singleton, Director Global Packaging Development, Mars Wrigley
 
"It is not too overblown to say this is a book that every leader of remote teams needs to have by their side. A highly practical, no-nonsense, 'how-to' guide to restore and improve workplace culture in a complex world."
--Anish Hindocha, Change Lead, ITV 
 
"This book will help leaders address a mission-critical blind spot in their current thinking about the post-pandemic world."
--Andrew O'Hearn, Associate Director, Change Management, Bayer
 
"Gustavo Razzetti has created a resource that demystifies hybrid work and facilitates its adoption in a practical way."
--Dr. Myriam Hadnes, Founder, Never Done Before
 
"A step-by-step guide to help you identify and fill the gaps created by physical distance and turn your teams once again into the well-adjusted, humming, and happy engines of productivity."
--Katya Sylvester, Senior Manager, Change Management, Fannie Mae
 
"Gustavo has compiled a great resource to help you on your journey as we all navigate this transformative time in the workforce."
--Douglas Flory, Global Practice Lead, GoTo
 
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About the Author

Gustavo Razzetti is the CEO and founder of Fearless Culture, a culture design consultancy that helps teams do the best work of their lives. For more than 20 years, Razzetti has helped leaders from Fortune 500s, startups, nonprofits, and everything in between on every continent but Antarctica.
 
Gustavo is also the creator of the Culture Design Canvas, a framework used by thousands of teams and organizations across the world to map, assess, and design their culture.
 
In addition to his consulting work with clients, Gustavo regularly speaks with leaders and teams about culture change, teamwork, and hybrid workplaces. His coaching and tools have helped countless executives and teams develop work environments where people collaborate to accelerate individual and collective performance.
 
A prolific writer and author of four books on culture change, Gustavo's insights have been featured in The New York Times, Psychology Today, Forbes, BBC, and Fortune, among others.