Tuesday TIP #3

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Managing Remote Employees

remote employeesIs managing remote employees a new situation for you? Or maybe, you are discovering it to be a challenge.

If so, you need to read this article and watch the video below. Managing remote employees is a new trend in companies sparked by the COVID that began in 2020. This might be your first experience in this area, and I can tell you firsthand that it is a bit uncomfortable in the beginning.

I’ve been managing remote employees since 1987, , , a long time. At first, I was a bit nervous about it (actually very nervous), but before I knew it I was settled in and it just became the norm of managing my IT organizations. We didn’t have tools or even the Internet in 1987, , , but we found effective ways to communicate and achieve the successes we needed to achieve.

In managing remote employees, COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY !!!

Today, we have excellent tools to help you communicate with anyone, , , anywhere in the world, , , just as if they were sitting in your office.

OK, , , I’m not telling you anything you don’t know, but it wasn’t too long ago that these tools did not exist. With the need to allow workers to work remotely due to COVID in 2020, these tools became critical resources for managers of the world.

Just take a look at the growth of ZOOM and you get an indication of this. Revenue spiked two quarters in a row in early 2020 and maintained record levels through the end of the year. COVID and the need to manage remote employees had a lot to do with this.

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I started using online meeting tools around 2010 after my discovery of video recording tools in 2006, so I’ve been using technology a long time to both record training videos as well as to conduct online meetings with IT managers who follow me, , ,  long before COVID.

I introduced ZOOM to a company I was consulting with in 2015. They were spending quite a lot for a tool that was not working for them. ZOOM solved this problem quickly and helped me manage the IT Organization and the CEO manage the company more effectively that was spread across the US.

To manage remote employees, you need two key things:

  1. Effective communications environment
  2. Process to manage remote employees

Learn all about these critical elements in the 20-minute video titled, Managing Remote Employees

CLICK HERE to watch the video.

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