Managing a team is one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences you can have at work. It’s widely known that employees often choose to stay with a company based on their experience with their direct manager. The way you form a team, share goals and work together through challenges creates a culture that out-lives deadlines. But what happens when a team takes on a new challenge – the experience of working together remotely?
Here’s our top tips on effectively managing a remote team:
If your team is new to remote work – they may have questions and nervously look to you to set the new cultural norms. “Is it ok if my team sees my home in my background? What if there’s unexpected interruptions like a dog barking?” As a leader, you set the tone for the transition.
In an office environment, you interact with your team in–between your weekly scheduled meetings and 1:1’s – for example, when you arrive in the morning, get coffee or go to lunch. There’s no reason the water-cooler conversations need to stop when you’re working remotely.
Your team may be concerned about moving away from an in-person experience, where they could talk on the fly, share an idea on a whiteboard and access you for help whenever needed. However, In many ways, working virtually on a project provides many new ways of working for your team and much more accountability, and visibility in to work in progress for you.
Working remotely doesn’t mean that your team should feel remote. Stay connected through celebrations, deadlines and watercooler conversations – on any device. Your leadership, support and use of Webex Meetings and Teams means your team can be set up for success from wherever they may be.
We’ve created a page with more guidance for end users and people managers on working remotely at cs.co/webexremotework
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