I find it really tough. I jumped from a very successful post-IPO business where I helped form the global organisational culture, and ran a key part of their bu

I find it really tough. I jumped from a very successful post-IPO business where I helped form the global organisational culture, and ran a key part of their business, which in pre-pandemic times, was very in-office and collaborative with a lot of travel to keep remote colleagues and teams aligned and socially connected to a much smaller business whose offices are a few hours flight time away, with the whole pandemic WFH thing there too. Motivation has been a big challenge. Sitting alone in my "office" trying to stay in a flow state for things I'm not sure are that important in the global scheme of things, and trying to batch up my interactions to keep from disrupting colleagues. Notification channels are diverse and easy to lose track of: workflow and documentation apps, calendar, slack, email as well as texts on multiple channels. It seems like priorities and current work of others aren't easy for me to get a good handle on. I really like my colleagues but don't know them well. I collaborate relatively closely with a few but mostly feel super isolated. A lot of what I have to offer them as a colleague are hard to bring across without seeming (to me at least!) pushy or rude. It felt different when you were sitting in the same room and could grab a coffee with someone and have a casual conversation about things that were going on or not working out or to ask wide-ranging questions. Timezones are a bit of a thing, but we span only a couple of hours so it's manageable with a bit of care. I was used to managing teams and stakeholders in Z-8 through to Z+11 in the last couple of jobs so this is pretty easy. I don't enjoy sustained WFH, mostly on the motivation and peer and stakeholder contact front. I regret that many jobs like mine probably won't return to the office apart from occasional planned visits.