Duplisea, a regional vice president for the company, lives in Canton. Other members of her sales and client relationship staff live in Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, and New York. In Massachusetts, the most high-profile virtual office will belong to Acting Governor Jane Swift, who is pregnant with twins and lives more than three hours from the State House. Swift has wired her home and plans to spend a significant amount of time governing the state from her home base in Williamstown after the birth.
Employees also have to be given as much responsibility as possible.
And he should know. Powell lives in New Jersey. His chief operating officer lives in St. Louis. Powell's company makes constant use of digital cellular phones and computers, and he trades dozens of calls and e-mails a day with his employees. Ultimately, the people in this company have a lot of authority to make decisions.