Technology Has Enabled a New Way to Work Coworkers collaborate from offices across the globe. “Going to work” is less about driving to an office than it is about getting things done. The following slides provide tips on using technology to in the increasingly dispersed workforce.

1. Source: http://www.wired.com/2013/06/the-new-workplace-reality-out-of-the-office/
TIPS FOR MANAGING A
Geographically Dispersed Team
34
Million
Americans work
from home.
63
Million
Americans are
expected to work
from home by 2016.
Arm your team with
the right tools and
encourage user
adoption.
The “right” tools make it easy to
encourage user adoption because they
simplify your employees’ days and help
them get work done faster and with less
stress. Look for tools that reduce team
reliance on email to achieve significant
efficiency boosts and greater
user adoption.
Ensure lines of
communication are
open.
Regularly scheduled
time to talk can make sure that
miscommunications are kept to a
minimum. Message feed-type
interaction tools are an absolute must.
This trend comes with challenges and benefits.
Use these tips to minimize the challenges so you can make the most of the benefits.
Schedule face-to-face
time.
Scheduling time to meet
in person (or at least by
on-line meeting)—whether weekly,
quarterly, or yearly—is critical to
building and maintaining your
company culture.
Focus on
deliverables, not
activities.
Trying to manage your
remote employees’ specific activities
will wear you and your teams down.
Instead, track their deliverables.
Bring your team together with the right platform for collaboration!
Cureo is an easy-to-use collaboration platform that integrates with Google Drive,
Dropbox, and other tools you’re probably already using. Cureo brings a new level of
organization and efficiency—making remote communication and collaboration easier,
so you can focus on the job at hand. You can even extend that organization and
efficiency to clients and others outside your organization to bring them into the
fold to get work done.
Foster community.
Leverage systems,
solutions, and meetings
to encourage ownership,
community, collaboration, and
celebration. You are still a team,
regardless of where everyone sits.
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client extranets for organizations looking to productively engage their constituents to reduce reliance on email, advance
commerce and get things done.
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Hire independent
people.
Because it’s more difficult
to give remote employees
attention, they need to be comfortable
working—and producing—without a lot
of direct oversight. Your management
style will need to evolve, focusing in
team leadership and buy–in of the
independent worker.
Technology has
enabled a NEW
WAY TO WORK.
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Coworkers
collaborate
from offices
across the globe.
“Going to work”
is less about
driving to an
office than it
is about
getting
things done.
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