Keys To Ensure Growth For Your Remote Team

While working remotely was a sudden adjustment for many, organizations have been able to make teleworking the new normal and catch their breath. In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic might have accelerated remote teams by years!

As each business adjusts procedures and processes to ensure productivity while staff works from home, there is a great opportunity for virtual teams to evaluate themselves on a personal and organizational level. If you find a day with a lighter workload, consider undertaking some of these tasks:

Review Organizational Procedures and Tools

Use this extra time to review your Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and tools used by the organization. It is important to evaluate your current processes and determine where improvements can be made. This could prove to be very helpful when organizations return to the physical workplace, as the implementation of new SOPs and tools can often be overlooked during busier times.

It is also important to give attention to processes such as onboarding and off-boarding. With most of us still away from the physical office, consider creating orientation and training videos to prepare for new hires. These can even be used to enhance a new employee’s first few days in the office when we return to work.

This time can also be spent to evaluate new features and updates in systems. With most tools rolling out constant updates to ensure privacy and performance, it is important to have a good working knowledge of them. Consider extra training or notifications for your team to fully grasp organization-wide tools used.

Remember – This Is An Opportunity!

In these uncertain times, it is important to remain positive and use this time as an opportunity. These are just some examples of tasks you can tackle while adjusting to a new norm of working remotely. Use this time to address work that usually gets put off for a later date, and help set your organization up for future success.