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Andrew Allen by Andrew Allen
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🙅‍♂️ Why remote managers shouldn't go with their gut ft. Dr. Gleb Tsipursky | Ep78 OoO
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  • Hey, Welcome Back!
  • Featured Guest
  • You Might Have Missed…

Decision disasters, management chaos, & the secret to smarter training - Dr. Gleb Tsipursky knows how to save your team from hybrid hell. This week, Andrew uncovers how to train pro remote managers.


Hey, Welcome Back!

Why are remote managers stuck in office-mode?

Here’s the disaster: Most companies think managing hybrid & remote teams is as easy as shifting a laptop from a cubicle to a kitchen counter.

Newsflash...it’s not.

The REAL tragedy? These companies don’t invest in training their managers, leaving them to flail around with gut instincts and ancient office habits that belong in a nostalgic Netflix documentary.

Fun fact: Leading hybrid and remote teams is a whole different ballgame - and your manager’s outdated playbook just isn’t cutting it.

👉 Enter the Office Whisperer.

He’s here to drag hybrid management kicking and screaming, straight out of the dark ages so that your team can succeed.

(Thank goodness!)

Meet Dr. Gleb Tsipursky - The CEO who’s fixing leadership chaos. He’s not your typical behavioral scientist - he’s the mastermind behind Disaster Avoidance Experts, helping juggernauts like Microsoft and Xerox crush their leadership blind spots and dominate the future of work.

For 25 years, he’s been the go-to guy for steering leaders away from disaster-level decisions and into the future of work with confidence.

But wait, there’s more!

Dr. Tsipursky isn’t just a coach, consultant, and speaker - he’s also writes for Fortune & Forbes, and is the author of SEVEN bestselling books.

Oh, and did I mention he snagged Crossover’s ‘Voice of Reason Award’ last year for taking on return-to-office misinformation?

This week, I hang out with Dr. Tsipursky to find out why so many companies (and managers) are stuck in the past when it comes to remote work.

If your work feels more like chaos than collaboration, this episode will show you what great leadership training should actually look like in 2025.

Let’s fix what’s broken!

Managers today are stuck in a perfect storm:

🚨 Cognitive biases that push outdated office strategies onto remote teams

🤯 Untrained leadership struggling to effectively manage hybrid dynamics

📉 Low morale and high turnover caused by micromanagement (and mistrust!)

The key to thriving in today’s remote and hybrid work environment isn’t MORE control - it’s whip-smart leadership and adaptability.

By shifting focus from obsolete tactics to forward-thinking strategies, managers can transform confusion into co-operation for stronger remote teamwork.

The solutions are simpler than you think:

💡 Rewire leadership habits to align with the future of work

🔄 Implement strategies that drive trust (+measurable results!)

🤝 Inspire (adult) autonomy while building stronger team dynamics

It’s the training that’s been MISSING all along!

In this enlightening episode we explore everything from cognitive biases to poor training in management - and break down the exact strategies leaders need to build next-level remote teams. Pssst: it all starts with unlearning bad habits!

Eager to see what great leadership training looks like?

Here are the pro-level strategies that count.

📽️ This Week on Episode 78:

🧠 Why gut instincts are incapacitating remote teams (+managers!)
🚨 How cognitive biases derail hybrid & remote leadership
💡 The 3 mind-blowing training strategies every manager needs
📈 The #1 performance hack that actually works for remote teams
🤝 Why treating employees like adults is the best advice you’ll ever get

A huge thank you to Dr. Gleb Tsipursky for sharing his decades-long wisdom with our community, and for fighting the good fight against remote work bias.

Seriously though.

The future of work won’t wait for leaders stuck in the past. This year is nearly over, and with it comes the opportunity to improve!

It’s time to embrace change, challenge old habits, and lead with vision - because the teams that win tomorrow are built by the decisions YOU make today.

Watch the episode and stop relying on dead-in-the-water gut instincts that don’t work. And have a great festive season everyone.

🎄 Enjoy!

Avoid management disasters,

Andrew

Featured Guest

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Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, dubbed the Office Whisperer by The New York Times, is the visionary CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts.

With over 25 years of experience, he empowers leaders to navigate the complexities of hybrid work, realize potential threats, seize unexpected opportunities, and resolve persistent personnel challenges. Impressive right?

A celebrated author, he’s penned seven bestsellers, including Never Go with Your Gut and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams, offering valuable insights into decision-making and future-proofing organizations.

Dr. Tsipurksy’s thought leadership has been featured in prominent publications like Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fortune, and USA Today. He also has a rich academic background with over 15 years in academia, including seven years as a professor at Ohio State University.

His mission is crystal clear: revolutionize the future of work for everyone.

Find him on his business website, on LinkedIn, YouTube and X.

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Andrew lives in Auckland, New Zealand and has worked full-time remotely for Crossover since early 2021. His superpower is using storytelling and humor to make interesting and memorable insights on complex topics. He's known for hosting the world's most-viewed remote work vlog (Out of Office), co-creating one of the most-subscribed newsletters on LinkedIn (Radically Remote), and contributing to Forbes. Beyond work, Andrew has visited over 100 countries, seen all seven wonders, and starred in a few high profile TV shows and musicals in New Zealand. You can hear a bit more of his backstory (and meet his dogs) here.

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