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Book Review: Your Resource is Human

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‘This is an interesting book, a really good one at that, and it is very practical and implementation focused.’

Melissa Romo’s book,  Your Resource is Human, is featured on HRdirector.com

Your Resource is Human How empathetic leadership can help remote teams rise above – theHRDIRECTOR

This book does a great job of articulating the benefits of remote and hybrid working as well as identifying the multitude of challenges that it can bring. Melissa Romo proposes that empathetic leadership is the solution.

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Melissa Romo on the More Elephant Podcast

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, was a guest on the More Elephant podcast where she outlines the secrets of empathetic leadership, unveiling a roadmap for building thriving cultures and forging genuine connections in today’s remote and hybrid workplaces.

Episode 2: Remote But Not Distant – More Elephant – More Elephant

Can remote work truly foster deeper connections and exceptional leadership? In an era where the boundaries of work are constantly shifting, Melissa Romo emerges as a guiding light in the realm of remote leadership. With her book, “Your Resource Is Human,” she unravels the secrets of empat

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Melissa Romo on the Marketing Hero Podcast

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, was a guest on the Marketing Hero podcast talking about her experiences with global marketing and the lessons she learned marketing American products to an eastern European audience.

‎Marketing Heroes [Unfiltered] The Journey to CMO: Global Marketing is Local Marketing with Melissa Romo on Apple Podcasts

Melissa Romo joins the podcast to talk about her experience with global marketing and the lessons she learned marketing American products to an eastern European audience. She talks about how all global marketing is also local marketing, and how global strategies hinge on the ability to connect to lo…

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Melissa Romo on the Collaboration Superpowers Podcast

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, features on the Collaboration Superpowers Podcast speaking with Lisette Sutherland about empathetic leadership in remote work and why empathy and trust go hand-in-hand with setting boundaries and managing performance.

325 – Empathetic Leadership in Remote Work – Collaboration Superpowers

Discover the power of empathetic leadership in remote work environments with insights from Melissa Romo’s book, “Your Resource is Human.”

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Melissa Romo on the Sunday Lunch Project Manager Podcast

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, features on the Sunday Lunch Project Manager Podcast speaking with Nigel Creaser.

Melissa Romo, The Human Resource (Part 1) by The Sunday Lunch Project Manager

This week I have part one of my conversation with Melissa Romo, The Human Resource. Melissa is a veteran of global business, having held executive roles in Warsaw, Paris, London and New York for some of the world’s most recognized companies.

Melissa Romo, The Human Resource (Part 2) by The Sunday Lunch Project Manager

This week I have part two of my conversation with Melissa Romo, The Human Resource. Melissa is a veteran of global business, having held executive roles in Warsaw, Paris, London and New York for some of the world’s most recognized companies.

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Melissa Romo in ReWorked

‘My observation is that [a lot of companies] are not really solving for the remote worker because they want the remote worker to come back.’

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, is featured in ReWorked speaking about Zoom fatigue.

Zoom Fatigue Remains, 3 Years Later. What Can We Do?

In the spring of 2020, one new term (among many others) entered our collective consciousness: Zoom fatigue. Coined to describe the exhaustion and worry that comes with frequent video calls, it became a somewhat significant issue during the COVID-19 lockdowns and stay-at-home orders.

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Melissa Romo in Inc.com

‘Despite the pitfalls, I’m convinced that remote and hybrid work are here to stay, and they’re a win for wellness. With the right leadership and organizational design, there is already a significant body of research to prove that remote work makes more employees happier, reduces stress, enhances work-life balance, and increases job control.’

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, is featured in Inc.com in an article highlighting five ways empathetic leadership helps remote team members thrive.

Read the article here

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Melissa Romo in Forbes

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‘We didn’t train leaders or workers to develop remote-compatible habits, which meant that remote work came at the cost of loneliness, burnout, and disengagement. The solution to those three is not to reverse remote work, but to learn how to create belonging and engagement through new management skills.’

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, is featured in Forbes speaking about ‘ boreout’ and the five emotional pitfalls of remote and hybrid work.

Remote Work Is Here To Stay, So Build A Reinforcing Culture

“Remote” work is nothing new to me. I’ve been doing it most of the time since 1973. Back then, high tech office equipment was an IBM Selectric typewriter with the bouncing ball. If you wanted to get really fancy, you could change the ball to print in italics.

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Melissa Romo on the Live the Width of Your Life Podcast

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, features on the Live the Width of Your Life Podcast speaking about how every leader and every employee who is working right now in this hybrid or remote work environment should be reading this book and how she found time to balance working full-time, raising a family writing, and writing this book.

Episode 27: How to optimize your hybrid or remote work environment with Melissa Romo and Ardelian Kuzma Group

Are you working in a hybrid or remote work environment and seeking ways to optimize your experience? Join me and my guest is Melissa Romo, the author of the book “Your Resource is Human: How Empathetic Leadership Can Help Remote Teams Rise Above.”

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Melissa Romo in Leadership Excellence

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‘For a remote worker, especially a female head of a household, the ability to create and maintain boundaries is akin to suiting up an astronaut in a spacesuit. She must have that suit to survive.’

Melissa Romo, author of Your Resource is Human, features in Leadership Excellence speaking about maintaining boundaries between work and home.

Let’s Relieve Women From Work From Home Guilt

I’m a female executive leading a large multi-country team for an international company. I’ve worked remotely for this company since 2017 because they don’t have an office in the city where I live. Being at home for more than six years, I’m experienced in remote work, long before Covid.