Making Remote Work, Work

• 22% of Americans...

  

  ....work from home, while nearly 50% are involved with remote or virtual team work. This continuing shift calls fo...

  How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote

• Communication challenges for remote teams

  

  Body language . Even when we’re co-located, the tone of a text or the formality of an email is left wide open to inte...

  How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote

• 3 types of distance in remote teams

  

  Physical (place and time) Operational (team size, bandwidth and skill levels) Affinity (values, trust, and interd...

  How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote

• Best practices in virtual teams communication

  Communicate with the intention of being ultra clear , no matter the medium; Don’t bombard your team with messages ; E...

  How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote

• Communication norms

  Companies such as Merck have created acronyms for their digital communications like: “Four Hour Response (4HR)” ...

  How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote

• Hire the right people

  Design your hiring process with remote candidates in mind. Look for 3 main things: A strong skill set relevant to t...

  I've managed a remote team for four years. Here are the 5 things you can't ignore

• Put extra effort into onboarding

  Remote workers won’t have the opportunity to partake in conversations or team lunches, but there are other things you...

  I've managed a remote team for four years. Here are the 5 things you can't ignore

• Set guidelines default working setups

  Remote workers need a dedicated, quiet space to do their work, so it’s important to set some guidelines : encourage ...

  I've managed a remote team for four years. Here are the 5 things you can't ignore

• Make time for face-to-face interactions

  

  Look for ways to build strong relationships: use video calls - team communication tools fundamental human elements...

  I've managed a remote team for four years. Here are the 5 things you can't ignore

• Trust your team to do the work..

  

  ...but chek in from time to time. Watch how project unfold in tool lile Trello, Confluence and Slack. That way, you...

  I've managed a remote team for four years. Here are the 5 things you can't ignore

• Team

  It's important to assemble a team that's capable of executing in a remote environment: Hire doers : they will g...

  How to Run a Remote Team

• Software/Tools

  

  In a remote team, you'll need the right tools to make sure everyone stays on the same page and can continue to execu...

  How to Run a Remote Team

• Processes

  

  Good processes let you get work done in the absence of all else. It provides structure and direction for getting thin...

  How to Run a Remote Team

• Over-communicate

  It’s always safe to assume people don’t know what you’re thinking.  And you’ll find the more you communicate wit...

  How to be Effective at Working Remotely

• Share Frequently and Get Feedback

  Constantly send screenshots and ideas.  Give your team a glimpse into your head throughout the day so they can s...

  How to be Effective at Working Remotely

• Conflict in virtual teams

  

  ...is more likely more likely to escalate, because: Colleagues are more likely to take disagreements personall...

  Lindred Greer: Why Virtual Teams Have More Conflict

• Managing conflict in virtual teams

  

  Assign tasks that demand interdependence  among team members to complete, so that they rely on each other to suc...

  Lindred Greer: Why Virtual Teams Have More Conflict

• Build Trust

  

  Build trust in your team by constantly reminding them how dependable you are.  You can do this by being the fi...

  How to be Effective at Working Remotely

• Openly Voicing Your Opinion

  

  People have short term memories, so keep hammering it in that you’re here and you have an opinion.  Provide fe...

  How to be Effective at Working Remotely

• Set Expectations

  It’s up to you to make sure your team knows how to work best with you, as well.   If they aren’t regularly shar...

  How to be Effective at Working Remotely

• Different setups of remote teams

  Satellite teams : 2 or more teams are in different offices. Remote employee s: most of the team is in an office, but ...

  Managing Remote Teams - A Crash Course