I've just taken a new position which is interesting in this regard. I work out of an office in Singapore, but my team is distributed all over the Asia-Pacific r

I've just taken a new position which is interesting in this regard. I work out of an office in Singapore, but my team is distributed all over the Asia-Pacific region, separated by thousands of miles. Even when I'm in the office, I'm effectively working remotely from my team. Consequently, I'm slowly visiting all of the local offices where they're based just to build a face-to-face relationship and the invaluable rapport that comes with that interaction. Even the senior executive in the office, the president of sales for the region, works remotely and rarely comes into the office. Sometimes, it's just the nature of the role. Still, nothing replaces face-to-face communication, so if you have the opportunity, be sure to engage in it every chance you get.