The worst mistake I think you can make with people is believing in an objective reality. Take onboarding a team member. You see a bunch of different approaches

The worst mistake I think you can make with people is believing in an objective reality. Take onboarding a team member. You see a bunch of different approaches to this. Some people like to simply throw someone in the deep end. Sink or Swim. This is an easy trap to fall into because it requires less effort. It becomes incredibly easy to write people off with no investment. This is often couched in language of like "top performers will thrive". Another approach is more hands-on. Small tasks to begin with. Tasks with a theme built to acumulate knowledge and experience so someone can ultimately take ownership of something. This requires more effort but (IME) works way more than the "sink or swim" approach. The problem with remote work is that it becomes easier to fall into the "sink or swim" trap. Remote employees more easily become abandonware. You can write this off and say it's a failing of remote work but really it's a failure in leadership.