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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
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