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We expect people to be online during their scheduled workday. If they’re not going to be around or stepping out... -
Be generally available, coordinate with your team to be most effective, realize that working remotely means overcommunicating. -
Yes, but they are different. We have regular meetings where we expect people to do their synchronous work. ... -
We do organize a company-wide trip twice a year. This gives everyone a chance to mingle and meet face to face.... -
Socializing and team building is important when we all get together. It isn’t all about productivity and getting work done ... -
Yes – see my blog where I wrote the definitive guide... -
Not only do we all meet twice a year in person, we live together in a giant house for a week... -
We meet at various times throughout the year at conferences and retreats. The schedule is constantly evolving based on team needs, but the one... -
We have an all company summit every year where the entire organization gets together for 3+ days. Regional team members are encouraged... -
I think this is a very important question for all organizations – not just organizations with remote workers. Too often a “flexible workplace” turns into... -
We work with project management tools and have set goals and KPIs. We rely on Asana, a project management tool, to keep track of... -
Through project management and time tracking tools. -
Communicate, communicate, communicate. And when you are done with that, follow up with good communication! You have to be able to express yourself well... -
Constant communication. This requires the use of text, email, voice, and video communication platforms and shared expectations regarding availability. -
Trust, trust, trust and communication, communication, communication. -
Managing outgoing sales efforts. -
Working from home can be isolating, especially for staff who have never worked remotely or for TNTP before. You have to be proactive about... -
Working with less experienced people, communicating properly online with other team members, following company policy and standards, understanding goals and vision,... -
Transparency rules our remote working policy: we all must be aware of what is going on. Aside from that, we meet... -
Keeping remote employees engaged is definitely a challenge. You need to make an effort to check in with co-workers and learn about their lives... -
We’ve evolved a lot on this one. It started as a quarterly Google Hangout where everyone got together to watch... -
Our company provides computer hardware and software to all our team members. -
Everyone is free to get their devices from the company, but as far as I know everyone’s just using their own machine. -
As a company we have internal policies that helps us to have key security measures that protects us from any liability concerns that possibly... -
Everyone gets unlimited time off. If goals are clearly communicated and employees are responsible, we don’t need to babysit with... -
Our vacation policy is 4 weeks/year, in addition to holidays and unlimited sick days. -
First of all, we have a flexible schedule and the only condition for the remote team members is to have at least some overlapping... -
Not being able to express when an issue is truly urgent. This is a problem, but it’s gotten easier the... -
As is the trend with other remote companies, we worry about workplace culture. It’s a bit harder to foster when... -
We’ve always been worried that they wouldn’t commit to teaching online in the long run, because most of our...
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Managing a remote or distributed team successfully requires good support, planning, and communication. Whether deciding if and how to get the team to meet in person or defining the line between vacation and flexible work, the management of a remote team has differences from managing traditional on-site teams. In our Managing Remotely section we ask top remote companies how they keep their teams running smoothly from thousands of miles away.
