A practical guide to having a remote company

When I had an office job, I would have dismissed this. Now that I'm working remotely, I find I personally need praise more often than in-person gigs. It's harder to know how people feel about me and my work when I'm not there and not going to lunch with them. Critical feedback triggers larger fears about how I'm doing when received remotely, especially if it's text and not voice or video.

Some places I have worked have succumbed to mob behaviors, cliques of badly behaving (mostly men), or occasionally bro-coders that really put a bad mood on the company. I can't say how much it affected other employees, but it certainly reduced my enthusiasm and output.

And as with accepted leadership advice, praise many times more than you admonish; avoid admonishing as much as possible. Dale Carnegie gave some good advice on this.