Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival on managing remote teams. We asked thought leaders from around the world to share their very best post on this topic.
Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors!
As we head out to the PMI EMEA Project Management Conference in Berlin, next month’s Frontline Festival is all about project management and planning. New contributors are always welcome. Submit your relevant blog posts here!
Management Mindsets for Leading Remote Teams
Jon Mertz of Thin Difference offers Hope is a Strategy, in which he shares that the key to managing any team, remote or otherwise, is fostering hope. Though it might seem too warm and fuzzy, hope liberates employee engagement. Follow Jon.
Paula Kiger of Big Green Pen writes Think About This Before Joining the Gig Economy Nation. If you manage a remote team, this piece will give you some insight into what to expect. It’s easy to forget that your remote workers have struggle (and triumphs) you don’t see. Follow Paula.
Julie Winkle Giulioni of DesignArounds wrote Rethinking Remote Relationships to remind us that creating connectivity within remote teams is about tapping hearts…not keyboards or touchpads. Follow Julie.
Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing. – Warren Bennis
Building Relationships When Managing Remote Teams
Sean Glaze of Great Results Teambuilding reminds us that it is the job of virtual management to ensure that those necessary relationships among the team, no matter how geographically distant, are supported and maintained. This is not a simple order – and history offers us a cautionary example of the dangers that expansion and distance create. Consider the Roman Empire in Sean’s post: Three Tips to Manage Virtual Teams More Effectively. Follow Sean.
David Grossman of The Grossman Group gives us Eight Successful Tips for Connecting with Remote Workers. With the numbers of hard-to-reach and remote workers growing, communication is even more of a critical part of a supervisor’s job. As much as remote workers may appreciate the convenience working remotely offers, they still need the human connection, conversation and insight of the workplace even when they are miles away or on the shop floor, to help them feel valued and included. Follow David.
Robyn McLeod of Thoughtful Leaders Blog provides Three Ways to Hear What Your Team Thinks About You, sharing three surefire ways to hear what your team thinks by giving them opportunities and channels for sharing their points of view. Follow Robyn.
Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership gives us Making Virtual Teams Productive. In many ways, leading a virtual team is like leading one where everyone is in the same place, except when it comes to social support. Follow Wally.
John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement gives us How to Manage What You Can’t Measure. The importance of psychology in managing people (remotely or in person) is too often underappreciated. Paying attention to what research can show about motivation, fear, trust, etc. is even more important and valuable for remote teams. A conscious effort is needed to make sure that connections between remote workers and other team members are strong. It is also more important to make communication explicit. We often create problems – remote or not – when communication is largely implicit. Follow John.
Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect. – Mona Sutphen
Overcoming Challenges in Managing Remote Teams
Mary Atamaniuk of YouTeam brings us Long Distance Leadership: 5 Steps For Scaling Product Teams Remotely. She takes a candid view of some very real challenges of leading product teams remotely and offers sound wisdom for how to lead with more influence and impact Follow YouTeam
Kaylee Riley of Patriot Software, LLC knows that although letting employees work remotely has many benefits; it can be difficult to communicate information, set up meeting times, and hold everyone accountable. In Five Challenges of Managing Remote Teams (and How to Overcome Them) she helps us learn how to effectively lead remote teams and keep business operations running smoothly Follow Kaylee.
Eleonora Israele of Lead Change gives us Bringing Unity to a Remote Team. There are tons of advantages to working remotely and hiring remote workers, but there are some setbacks too. The lack of face-to-face communication and in-house team-building can cause contract or remote workers to feel less company loyalty, dedication, and connection. Follow Eleonora.
Ken Downer of Rapid Start Leadership shares 15 Pretty Good Virtual Team Building Notes. Building a team is tough enough when you are all face to face; add time and distance between team members and the degree of difficulty quickly rises. These ideas can help you bridge the gap, build trust, and make you more effective as a team, wherever you happen to be. Follow Ken.
Eileen McDargh of The Energizer provides The Care and Feeding of Virtual Teams. The good news about technology is that teams can be spread throughout the world, offering a rich background for global enterprises. The difficult news is that time zones and the absence of visual interaction can cause teams to stumble or even fail to start at all. Follow Eileen.
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off the goal. – E. Joseph Cossman
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