guidelines to help your remote workers experience success

Select the Right People to Work Remotely Guidelines To Help Your Remote Workers Experience Success Not everyone is meant to work from home. Some need the constant guidance of a supervisor while others are more disciplined and self-motivated to work independently from home. Here are some guidelines to help you set up a successful remote working environment. Establish a Connection with your Remote Workers Set Realistic Goals Working from home is much more difficult as there are many more distractions that can interfere with your work. It’s easy for someone that is not disciplined to get distracted by the television, phone calls, other household members, etc. Before allowing an employee to work from home, first see how they work at the office, by giving them a little more independence and clear goals. Do they stick to deadlines? Are they self-motivated to work even when you are not on their case? If they have problems completing tasks and projects on time at the office, then they may not be suitable to work remotely. It’s crucial to keep in contact with your remote workers and help build relationships between office workers and remote workers. This will give the employees working from home a sense that they are still part of a team. Establishing this connection will allow them to feel connected to you, to colleagues and to the work at hand. A great idea would be to setup an application like Slack that can provide a platform for colleagues to chat in groups or one-to-one, send files and attachments and remain in the know. What’s important to remember is that even though these employees do not have to commute to work and can have more hours in the day to get work done, does not mean that they should be working longer hours, completing more projects in a day than usual and have unrealistic deadlines. By setting clear goals and reasonable timelines, your remote workers will be more productive and feel more appreciated. Bottom line, to have a successful team working remotely, you should first see if they are good candidates for the job. Then it would be a good idea to support this remote team as best you can by setting reasonable goals and by creating solid connections between them and the office. Created by NAMTEK Consulting Services www.namtek.ca

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Select the Right People to Work Remotely

Guidelines To Help Your RemoteWorkers Experience Success

Not everyone is meant to work from home. Some need the

constant guidance of a supervisor while others are more

disciplined and self-motivated to work independently from

home. Here are some guidelines to help you set up a

successful remote working environment.

Establish a Connection with your Remote Workers

Set Realistic Goals

Working from home is much more difficult as there are many more distractions that can interferewith your work. It’s easy for someone that is not disciplined to get distracted by the television,phone calls, other household members, etc. Before allowing an employee to work from home, firstsee how they work at the office, by giving them a little more independence and clear goals. Do theystick to deadlines? Are they self-motivated to work even when you are not on their case? If theyhave problems completing tasks and projects on time at the office, then they may not be suitable towork remotely.

It’s crucial to keep in contact with your remote workers and help build relationships between officeworkers and remote workers. This will give the employees working from home a sense that they arestill part of a team. Establishing this connection will allow them to feel connected to you, tocolleagues and to the work at hand. A great idea would be to setup an application like Slack that canprovide a platform for colleagues to chat in groups or one-to-one, send files and attachments andremain in the know.

What’s important to remember is that even though these employees do not have to commute towork and can have more hours in the day to get work done, does not mean that they should beworking longer hours, completing more projects in a day than usual and have unrealistic deadlines.By setting clear goals and reasonable timelines, your remote workers will be more productive andfeel more appreciated.

Bottom line, to have a successful team working remotely, you should first see if they aregood candidates for the job. Then it would be a good idea to support this remote team asbest you can by setting reasonable goals and by creating solid connections betweenthem and the office.

Created by NAMTEK Consulting Serviceswww.namtek.ca

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