If your business is having to adapt to an increasing reliance on remote/home-working arrangements, what things should one consider to help keep your teams working effectively? Remote working can be a real challenge both socially and with regards to the most appropriate technologies to use to stay in touch and be productive as well as happy workers.
What are the best tools for connecting with each other for effective team working, productivity and management oversight? There are many available at various price-points and the best approach for you might be to try before you buy if these are new to your business.
A structured and time-boxed “Day-start” meeting can be incredibly useful to get everyone on the same page at the start of the working day, get an overview of what is happening and give an opportunity to ask for or offer help to a colleague.
There a range of tools for providing transparency on what each team member is working on, what is progressing well and what is not going so well. It is also vital for the Team Lead to understand what tasks are blocked or requiring further support in order to get these resolved in real-time.
Regular review meetings to take a step back from the day-to-day and focus on how we work together are incredibly valuable in order to continuously improve and make our working lives better. These ensure that the team are helping steer the way they work and they respond well to this empowerment.
A practitioner of agile ways of working or experienced Certified Scrum Master who has helped companies manage their work in this way can be a valuable asset if remote working is a challenge for your business.
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