Almost 90% of project teams now include one or more workers who operate from different locations than their supervisors and teammates\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udcbb.
\nNearly 80% of managers now supervise a worker or workers at remote locations!!<\/p>\n
\u270d\ufe0f Many leaders face isolation because their team members are far away. These \u201clong-distance leaders\u201d need to use a variety of tools specifically designed to address distance leadership issues and concerns \u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd1d 4\ufe0f\u20e3 rules for working with long-distance employees are…<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cBuilding trust at a distance doesn\u2019t happen by accident\u201d \u2013 Trust is evidence-based. Many leaders of remote workers ask, \u201cHow will I know they\u2019re working if I can\u2019t see them?\u201d To establish trust, establish and nurture a common purpose, motives and competence between your home office and remote workers.
\nTo engender trust, be strategic about meetings\u203c\ufe0f.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Identify the most effective communication tools \ud83d\udd2d \u2013 Since distance leaders depend on high-tech communication to interact with remote workers, seek the best tools for each communication purpose. Unless you run your company, someone else is likely to choose your high-tech tools for you.
\nIt is your responsibility to know what tools are available, how to use them and which ones best suit your purposes\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
\u2022 Get the highest capacity out of each tool \u2013 Stay up to date on the latest advanced technologies. Technology changes all the time, so make tracking those changes a priority. Such technology includes the latest advanced video and video chat services; webcams; web meeting tools; texting and instant messaging tools; and file-storage tools such as SharePoint or Teams \ud83e\udd13\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cSeek feedback\u201d \u2013 Every leader requires unbiased, objective feedback. Find people you can rely upon to be honest \ud83e\uddd0. Don\u2019t try to gain all your feedback in one conversation; use several interactions in different formats over time.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd8b By Kevin Eikenberry as chief potential officer at the Kevin Eikenberry Group and Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Almost 90% of project teams now include one or more workers who operate from different locations than their supervisors and teammates\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udcbb. Nearly 80% of managers now supervise a worker or workers at remote locations!! \u270d\ufe0f Many leaders face isolation because their team members are far away. These \u201clong-distance leaders\u201d need to use a variety of tools specifically designed to address distance leadership issues and concerns \u270d\ufe0f \ud83d\udd1d 4\ufe0f\u20e3 rules for working with long-distance employees are… \u2022 \u201cBuilding trust at a distance doesn\u2019t happen by accident\u201d \u2013 Trust is evidence-based. Many leaders of remote workers ask, \u201cHow will I know they\u2019re working if I can\u2019t see them?\u201d To establish trust, establish and nurture a common purpose, motives and competence between your home office and remote workers. To engender trust, be strategic about meetings\u203c\ufe0f. \u2022 Identify the most effective communication tools \ud83d\udd2d \u2013 Since distance leaders depend on high-tech communication to interact with remote workers, seek the best tools for each communication purpose. Unless you run your company, someone else is likely to choose your high-tech tools for you. It is your responsibility to know what tools are available, how to use them and which ones best suit your purposes\ud83d\ude09 \u2022 Get the highest capacity out of each tool \u2013 Stay up to date on the latest advanced technologies. Technology changes all the time, so make tracking those changes a priority. Such technology includes the latest advanced video and video chat services; webcams; web meeting tools; texting and instant messaging tools; and file-storage tools such as SharePoint or Teams \ud83e\udd13\u203c\ufe0f \u2022 \u201cSeek feedback\u201d \u2013 Every leader requires unbiased, objective feedback. Find people you can rely upon to be honest \ud83e\uddd0. Don\u2019t try to gain all your feedback in one conversation; use several interactions in different formats over time. \ud83d\udd8b By Kevin Eikenberry as chief potential officer at the Kevin Eikenberry Group and Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate-business","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":687,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}