Are you concerned about increasing the efficiency of your remote employees?
Consider that even without today’s challenging times, the trend over the last few years has leaned toward employers hiring work from home teams.
“Ok, but how do you do this new ‘remote’ thing?”
Managing a remote team for the first time and don’t know where to start? Transitioning your team to remote? Are you in a remote-first company?
We hear you: it’s not easy to bring deadlines, tasks, people and resources all in one place… when they’re in fact all over the place!
As COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of remote work across many industries, companies have had to move to telework fast. Some even start their business during the pandemic, while adopting a remote-first culture from day one.
One of the key tasks that leaders have to perform in 2021 and beyond is empowering employees in their remote workplaces and equipping them with the tools they need to be more effective when no longer working from an office.
Remote is the new normal.
But even in a modern setting, teams face the usual challenges: communication, organization, and time management.
Thankfully, technology comes to the rescue of managers who need to keep their remote employees on track.
In this article, I’ll share the top essential tools for managing remote teams – and achieve every goal.
Whether it’s for payroll, invoicing clients, or general productivity, remote teams need to track their hours.
When there is no physical office, managers cannot paraglide into employees’ homes (that would be very unwise in a pandemic setting. And also, very illegal. And dangerous) –
If you live on Planet Earth right now, you’re witnessing the chaos and change that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused.
Its effects are seeing on every aspect of our life – and work is no exception.
You’re probably used by now to meet and communicate with your team online.
But what about your clients?
Work from home culture has been decades in the making, but with the recent pandemic, more businesses have had to embrace fully remote workforces for the very first time.
With so much going on around us, how do you keep your team on track? How do you maintain productivity and team culture in a completely remote setting?
Working remotely surely grants a lot of freedom. But it makes it difficult for team leaders and team members to evaluate the work.
Measuring productivity is the responsibility of managers even when the team works remotely.
In this article from our remote work series, we’ll explain how managers can effectively measure the productivity of a remote team – without unnecessary stalking.
If you’re managing a distributed team, you’re probably acquainted with the joys of conference calls.
In this article that is part of our guides on remote work, we’ll share tips for remote managers to make virtual meetings effective and productive.
As part of our remote working series, today we explore a topic that is crucial to evaluate a remote team: goal and performance tracking.
We’ll talk about this by exploring how the OKRs methodology applies to a remote setting, and how to implement it correctly.
Working from the comfort of your house – sounds like a dream, right?
Unfortunately, it isn’t always the case.
More and more people find themselves suddenly working at home, due to the rise of remote-first businesses and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are our tips to keep focused and productive all day while working from home.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has swept over countries worldwide, many businesses have found themselves working remotely for the first time.
Working remotely assures everybody can stay safe in their homes, and businesses can still carry on the essential activities for their survival.
A forced transition to a remote setting is quite different from a company gradually preparing and moving out of the office.