The most important aspects of leadership involve how well a leader communicates and connects to their team. Now that the standard workplace environment is online or a hybrid of in-person and online teams, what does leadership look like? And what is required of leaders to meaningfully connect to their team in order to cultivate good communication and engagement?and what do they do when they realize it’s not working? ?Virtual Drift? refers to the gradual, unintentional tendency for virtual and hybrid team members to become increasingly disconnected from one another, from the work itself, and from the overall mission of the organization. It is critical for leaders to recognize this tendency, and actively counter that ?drift? with intentional opportunities for team members to connect to one another, to the content of the work, and to the mission and meaning of the organization.