What are the best strategies for managing remote workers when they’re unable to meet in person?
What are the best strategies for managing remote workers when they’re unable to meet in person? This is the question that business leaders have been asking since working from home has become the new normal. This course will help you understand the challenges of managing remote employees, including how to assess a candidate’s skills to hire the right employee who will be a good fit for remote work, how to establish team norms, and how to build a remote culture. After completing this course you’ll have best practices and strategies for leading a team that is not in the same building and gain a knowledge of managing remote employees.
Business leaders in nearly every industry have found themselves managing remote workers. Whether your team members are across town or across the globe, remote workforce management presents different challenges than managing in person. From hiring the right employee, to establishing team norms and giving performance evaluations, successful managers need tools to manage remote employees so that they can continue to be productive and reach their goals. In this course, you’ll learn best practices for managing remote teams and how to build a remote culture.
Learning objectives
- Discover six steps for hiring the best employees and onboarding
- Learn successful methods for managing remote teams
- Learn the best practices for communicating and pitfalls to avoid
- Understand how to build a remote work culture, from getting to know your team, balancing work schedules, and staying connected
- Discover ways to assess the effectiveness of your team
Skills you’ll gain
Distributed Team ManagementPeople ManagementRemote Server ManagementStaff ManagementTalent ManagementWorkforce ManagementWhat You'll Learn
- Hire the right remote employees using six steps for hiring and onboarding, including how to assess candidates' skills
- Apply successful methods and best practices for managing remote teams
- Communicate effectively with remote teams while avoiding common pitfalls
- Build a remote work culture by getting to know your team, balancing work schedules, and staying connected
- Establish team norms and regular updates to keep your remote team aligned
- Assess the effectiveness of your team through performance evaluations, feedback, and rewards
Key Takeaways
- Managing a remote workforce presents different challenges than managing employees in person, whether team members are across town or across the globe.
- Successful remote managers need tools that span hiring the right employee, establishing team norms, and giving performance evaluations.
- Building a remote work culture involves getting to know your team, balancing work schedules, and staying connected.
- The course covers best practices for communicating with remote teams and identifies pitfalls to avoid.
- Effective remote management helps team members continue to be productive and reach their goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
This course is for business leaders and managers who find themselves managing remote workers, whether their team members are across town or across the globe.
What will I learn in this course?
You'll learn best practices and strategies for leading a team that is not in the same building, including how to assess a candidate's skills to hire the right employee, how to establish team norms, and how to build a remote culture.
What topics does the course cover?
The course covers hiring the right employees, onboarding, assessing candidates' skills, establishing team norms, steps to manage your remote team, getting to know and keeping your team connected, establishing regular updates, balancing schedules, evaluating performance and rewarding your team, providing feedback, and pitfalls to avoid.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will gain knowledge in distributed team management, people management, staff management, talent management, and workforce management.
What challenge does this course address?
It addresses the question of the best strategies for managing remote workers when they're unable to meet in person, helping you understand the challenges of managing remote employees.
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Managing Remote Employees. Hi, Mike. Thanks for logging in to Skype today. Hi, Steve. What can I help you with? Well, as you know, we have this big project coming up. I've been given the responsibility of managing the team, but it's made up of remote employees. I'm a little nervous about this. Don't worry. I can help you with that. I've managed remote teams before. I'll be happy to show you how you can find the best people to work remotely, strategies for managing your remote team, and how to communicate and overcome communication challenges. That sounds perfect. When can we start? How about right now? Let's start with building your remote team.
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