Tags: Management, Workplace, motivation, coordination, inspiration
With the opening up of the economy and the world truly becoming a global village, organisations in their quest for growth, have spread their businesses far and wide.
Technology is helping organisations to deploy more and more off-site employees than ever before. This brings with it the attendant challenge of coordinating, motivating and inspiring people to work as a team on common goals and meeting deadlines across different time zones.
Managers need new skills to lead these off- site employees. This calls for a change of perspective. From monitoring them their role is now more of a coach who enables them to meet their goals and ensuring that they do quality work.
But how do managers effectively manage off-site employees who they rarely meet face to face?
Here are the five keys for effectively handling off- site employees.
1. Define reporting relationships.
2. Arrive at a mutually acceptable outcome and deadlines.
3. Create a time table for communication. (Videoconferencing or conference calls).
4. Keep the offsite-site employees in the loop.
5. Constantly seek opportunities for bonding. It could be either informal or formal.
Flesh out or adapt these tips according to the circumstances. These tips can managers effectively supervise those whose work happens outside the office:
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