How much responsibility do leaders have for knowing what their employees need to succeed?

It is easy to feel invisible when working remotely. 

When I had a boss who worked in a different state, I always groaned when I saw her name come up on my phone. She never called unless I had done something wrong or she wanted to load more work on me. 

(Let's not even talk about the time she called to tell me about a team building event. I was ready to write down dates so I could book flights only to have her add, "It's going to be a lot of fun and we need you to take all the emergency calls while we are out.”)

I wondered if anything had changed since my time in corporate so I asked three people with lots of experience being leaders in different settings. Dr Mohan Ananda, Coach M J Tolan, and Bill Hyche had some great insights. 

I came away with the understanding that they each believe it is the leader's responsibility to support their employees. Not the employees' responsibility to have to chase down their boss to beg for what they need.

Do you agree with their experience? 

(I wonder if my old boss will somehow see this.)

Connect with the panelists:
Bill Hyche: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billhyche/ 
Dr. Mohan Ananda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohanananda/ 
Coach M J Tolan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/motivationalspeakertolan/ 
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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