More companies are beginning to embrace the freedom and benefits that remote work has to offer. We’ve teamed up with experts from Remote-how Academy for Managers, to share with you how to lead and build highly effective remote teams.

1. Managing
Remote Teams:
Pitfalls to Avoid
by Magda Sowierszenko
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2. Magda is a communication
pro. She knows what's up
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3. Emails are great for certain things, like sharing
notes from meetings or getting in writing some
important information, but it shouldn’t be the only
form of communication. In fact, many distributed
teams use tools like Slack or Twist to track the
progress of their work.
1. Relying just
on emails
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4. By getting caught up in the number of hours that
people are working, rather than the outcomes,
you’ll end up with a lot of time-wasting and
annoyance. Learning to prioritize the deliverables
when working in a remote job will make your team
flourish.
2. Concentrating on
the hours
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5. Make sure that everyone knows what is the overall
company goal, goal of their team and their
individual deliverables. When your team knows
what is expected of them, it should also be known
for everyone how are you going to measure it.
3. Lack of
collaboration
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6. Organizing a physical meetup, with a combination
of work and fun, will help build the ties of your
team and foster a greater sense of cohesion. Just
because remoters have chosen to not work from
an office doesn’t mean that they don’t want to
socialize every so often with their team.
4. Not organizing
physical meetups
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7. Put regular calls in your team members’ calendars
to keep everyone up to date and check in on the
status of work. Without being able to just pop over
to someone’s desk like in a normal office, you need
to make the effort to communicate more. Make it a
habit of everyone on your team.
5. Not communicating
enough
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8. Not being in the same physical space as your
teammates can make it a bit more difficult, but
with some careful thought, you can make the most
out of remote work arrangements.
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