Motivating a remote team feels different because the old signals are gone. You cannot rely on hallway encouragement or a quick pat on the shoulder after a long day. Organizations face a choice. They can respond to the loss of physical proximity by treating motivation as an individual problem, hoping that talented people will remain engaged through self-discipline and professionalism. Or they can recognize that motivation in virtual environments requires systematic design... The path from reactive, heroics-based motivation to systematic motivation requires deliberate design.
