Proximity: How to balance belonging and difference in today's workplace
Autor B. Sebastian Reiche, PhDen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 mar 2026
Whilst we have never been so virtually close to each other, psychological boundaries stubbornly persist. In many ways, we have become more divided in recent years, with study after study pointing to rising social and political polarization. As a result, many leaders and professionals feel ill-equipped to meet the demands of today's workplace, struggling to motivate and engage an increasingly diverse and dispersed workforce.
In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche addresses these increasingly urgent questions, including:
- How do we connect with colleagues over distance?
- How do we deal with disruptions to the way we work?
- How do we build belonging without erasing our differences?
- How should we design teams to make them more collaborative and attractive to talent?
By broadening identities, reshaping work aspirations, and rethinking how influence is exercised, Sebastian Reiche shows how leaders and professionals can achieve proximity - that empowering sense of connection with their work and with others - in an increasingly distributed world. Proximity offers a practical guide to bridging divides in global and virtual teams, and it helps organizations align their workforce, redesign work, and connect people across radical change.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350598089
ISBN-10: 1350598089
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Business
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350598089
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Business
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
1. Beneath the banyan tree: what separates and joins us
2. Stranded between cultures or transcending cultures?
3. The upside of disturbance
4. When difference makes the difference
5. Diving into the depths of your distributed team
6. Jazzing up your team boundaries
7. When decentralization and proximity go together
8. Dialling up or down on hybrid work
9. When radical change is a source of unity
10. Towards greater proximity in society
2. Stranded between cultures or transcending cultures?
3. The upside of disturbance
4. When difference makes the difference
5. Diving into the depths of your distributed team
6. Jazzing up your team boundaries
7. When decentralization and proximity go together
8. Dialling up or down on hybrid work
9. When radical change is a source of unity
10. Towards greater proximity in society
Recenzii
Engaging a workforce is both an art and science, and much of it comes down to belonging and proximity. The best companies have known this for years but adapting and evolving how you drive those outcomes is the ongoing challenge. Proximity shows you how.
Drawing on two decades of rigorous research and real-world stories, Sebastian Reiche offers a compelling and urgently needed guide to navigating belonging and difference in today's global workplace.
One of the defining leadership challenges of scaling is how to empower people across geographies and cultures without fragmenting the organization. Proximity addresses that question with insight and clarity. Sebastian Reiche shows how companies can balance belonging and difference in today's workplace, fostering both local autonomy and shared connection across distributed teams. This book will resonate strongly with founders and mid-market leaders navigating growth across borders.
Proximity explores the myriad of ways culture shapes the way we think and interact both as citizens and workers. A deep and thoughtful perspective.
Sebastian Reiche's Proximity offers a sharp and timely lens on one of modern work's defining tensions: how to belong without losing distinctiveness. With clarity and intellectual precision, Reiche reframes distance as a dynamic space to manage thoughtfully. The book is especially valuable for global leaders navigating distributed, multicultural, and boundary-spanning teams, offering both conceptual depth and practical relevance. It is a compelling guide for anyone trying to make sense of connection in an increasingly fragmented world.
In an era where organizations operate across ever-shifting boundaries, the ability to build meaningful connection has become a defining leadership capability. This book offers a practical and insightful guide to doing exactly that. It moves beyond abstract discussions of diversity and inclusion to show how leaders can actively bridge difference while strengthening collaboration. Grounded in research yet rich in real-world examples, it provides a clear roadmap for navigating hybrid work, leading distributed teams, and enabling coordination in complex environments.
The boundaries that once defined where and how we work are breaking down and volatility has become the norm in the global economy. Work is increasingly distributed across time and place, and this means that we continually struggle to balance our search for difference and belonging, and for separation and connection. In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche expertly charts a course toward cultivating belonging while accommodating our needs for difference. He shows how through transcending our differences, Proximity can make complex collaboration work even in high stakes and highly volatile environments. It should be required reading for any leader managing through the complexity of modern organizational structures combined with the ongoing global economic and policy volatility that has become the norm.
We live in a time that pulls us apart even as it demands that we work together. In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche leans into this tension with clarity and care, offering a well-researched and deeply considered look at how we navigate difference without losing connection. He reminds us that belonging does not require sameness, and that real collaboration depends on our willingness to hold both individuality and relationships at once. Grounded in research and rich with practical insight, this is a meaningful contribution to the ongoing conversation about how we live and work together in a fractured world.
In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche shows that the strongest leaders are not those who force sameness, but those who empower others to contribute from their differences while still feeling they belong. That is why empowerment matters so deeply: it creates connection to teams, to organizations, and to purpose. Leaders who empower others do not just help people grow; they create the conditions for enduring business success and for their own effectiveness as leaders. Proximity is an important guide for anyone seeking to lead with both humanity and impact.
I have always believed that leadership is, above all, about being close to people. Proximity reminds us that it is possible to build strong teams by being authentic, truly listening, and finding what brings us together without losing what makes us different. An essential read for all those seeking a leadership compass, and especially for those who understand leadership as a relationship, not a position.
Drawing on two decades of rigorous research and real-world stories, Sebastian Reiche offers a compelling and urgently needed guide to navigating belonging and difference in today's global workplace.
One of the defining leadership challenges of scaling is how to empower people across geographies and cultures without fragmenting the organization. Proximity addresses that question with insight and clarity. Sebastian Reiche shows how companies can balance belonging and difference in today's workplace, fostering both local autonomy and shared connection across distributed teams. This book will resonate strongly with founders and mid-market leaders navigating growth across borders.
Proximity explores the myriad of ways culture shapes the way we think and interact both as citizens and workers. A deep and thoughtful perspective.
Sebastian Reiche's Proximity offers a sharp and timely lens on one of modern work's defining tensions: how to belong without losing distinctiveness. With clarity and intellectual precision, Reiche reframes distance as a dynamic space to manage thoughtfully. The book is especially valuable for global leaders navigating distributed, multicultural, and boundary-spanning teams, offering both conceptual depth and practical relevance. It is a compelling guide for anyone trying to make sense of connection in an increasingly fragmented world.
In an era where organizations operate across ever-shifting boundaries, the ability to build meaningful connection has become a defining leadership capability. This book offers a practical and insightful guide to doing exactly that. It moves beyond abstract discussions of diversity and inclusion to show how leaders can actively bridge difference while strengthening collaboration. Grounded in research yet rich in real-world examples, it provides a clear roadmap for navigating hybrid work, leading distributed teams, and enabling coordination in complex environments.
The boundaries that once defined where and how we work are breaking down and volatility has become the norm in the global economy. Work is increasingly distributed across time and place, and this means that we continually struggle to balance our search for difference and belonging, and for separation and connection. In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche expertly charts a course toward cultivating belonging while accommodating our needs for difference. He shows how through transcending our differences, Proximity can make complex collaboration work even in high stakes and highly volatile environments. It should be required reading for any leader managing through the complexity of modern organizational structures combined with the ongoing global economic and policy volatility that has become the norm.
We live in a time that pulls us apart even as it demands that we work together. In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche leans into this tension with clarity and care, offering a well-researched and deeply considered look at how we navigate difference without losing connection. He reminds us that belonging does not require sameness, and that real collaboration depends on our willingness to hold both individuality and relationships at once. Grounded in research and rich with practical insight, this is a meaningful contribution to the ongoing conversation about how we live and work together in a fractured world.
In Proximity, Sebastian Reiche shows that the strongest leaders are not those who force sameness, but those who empower others to contribute from their differences while still feeling they belong. That is why empowerment matters so deeply: it creates connection to teams, to organizations, and to purpose. Leaders who empower others do not just help people grow; they create the conditions for enduring business success and for their own effectiveness as leaders. Proximity is an important guide for anyone seeking to lead with both humanity and impact.
I have always believed that leadership is, above all, about being close to people. Proximity reminds us that it is possible to build strong teams by being authentic, truly listening, and finding what brings us together without losing what makes us different. An essential read for all those seeking a leadership compass, and especially for those who understand leadership as a relationship, not a position.