‘How To Run Remote Teams Effectively’ – ‘ReadWrite’
Hugo Messer says, “When compared to office-dwelling counterparts, managing a remote team has always been a challenge. But at least these days, modern technology helps the cause more than ever. Today’s tools enable communication and work in ways previously thought unimaginable.
That doesn’t mean challenges don’t persist. Over the past 10 years, I have built many remote teams for our software customers, and I’ve established my own offices in India and Ukraine. As most entrepreneurs, I started without any experience at this. My generic management style was “laissez faire”—and I have learned the hard way that remote teams and a hands-off or laid-back approach are a tough combination.
The common barriers that managers come across lie in four areas: Differentcultures, languages and time zones, plus geographical distance, can make for major obstacles in coordinating of far-flung teams“.
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