My presentation in Tieto Knows knowledge sharing session on September 21, 2012. Tieto Knows is a knowledge sharing community within our company. My presentation was initiated by a blog post I wrote originally in talouselama.fi (later on translated in English in blogs.tieto.com).

1. Leadership in remote work
September 21, 2012
Matti Vesala
Sources: http://blogs.tieto.com/futureoffice/2012/07/11/recipe-for-remote-work-
revolution-forget-the-management-methods-of-20th-century/
http://www.talouselama.fi/kumppaniblogit/tieto/alaiset+etatoissa+unohda+190
0luvun+johtamisopit/a2133788

2. Manager or Leader?
Profession and position
given by other
managers.
Toolbox
Skillset
No leader without
followers. No leader
without new leaders
born.
Relationships
Self
Growth

3. Management or Leadership?
Organizing people’s skills
to enable and control a
sequence of activities in
order to meet the
targets.
Amplifying peoples
emotions to create and
boost action in order to
make a dream come
true.

4. Disclaimers ;-)
I’m fully aware that…
… there are laws, rules and procedures for
administrating remote work
… remote work is not a good idea for all teams
… the remote working tools could be better, always
… remote work is a nightmare for data security
officers
… system can be misused or even abused

5. Source www.todayfm.com

6. Source www.realitysquared.co.uk
Some controls exist because managers are worried
about this…

7. Spoiler 1/2
The magic formula
of leading
remote and mobile people…

8. Spoiler 2/2
The magic formula
of leading
remote and mobile people.

9. Consequence
Not being physically in the same location
reveals the core building blocks
of our leadership
from a totally new angle.

10. My cornerstones
Love
Purpose
Passion

11. Mindset change
Control  Trust
Planning  Uncertainty
Order  Chaos
Me & my team  Social Network
Project  Value Flow
Leadership is very much about tolerating
uncertainty and chaos, trusting the creativity of
the relationships in social network.

12. Shoemaker’s children
We do have tools that support remote work (ok, as
said, they can be improved)…
But is that the right focus?
Look at the remote and mobile working culture and
leadership in the companies who have done that
100 years without the tools we have. What can
we learn? What can we teach?

13. Source blogs.denverpost.com

14. Source www.tumblr.com
My biggest failure in leading remote work has been
my inability to keep up my emotional presence.

15. Some random thoughts
Fear.
Embracing the moments of being together.
Leader, stay out from your office.
Performance awareness today is social.
Goals versus Dreams.
Well-being.
Freedom often comes with a responsibility.

16. Leadership
Leadership... is fiery passion, intimate mental, emotional
and physical proximity embracing us without any kind of
obstacles in between.
It is about ultimate joy of taking care of people, giving
protection and support as well as encouragement and
endless mutual inspiration.
It is about dreaming of and acting towards a shared
purpose.
Leadership... is the ultimate way of focusing our energy to
a purpose with such an intensity that no other force
can stop us.

17. Thank you.
Matti Vesala
matti@adare.fi
Twitter: @mkvesala