Chris Williams
- Chris Williams is a former Microsoft VP of HR and a podcaster, consultant, and TikTok creator.
- He writes that managers lost some control of their employees when people started working from home.
- He advises managers to ask how an employee is performing if they discover the worker has two jobs.
When the world was abruptly forced to work from home at the start of the pandemic, it shook many managers to their core.
I've been a lifelong student of management and a leader for over 40 years, including being the VP of HR at Microsoft. The introduction of work-from-home was a fascinating time because it gave me a chance to see abject fear on the faces of managers because they suddenly lost the very control they had lived by.