Managing remote staff requires following some guidelines: quantify tasks accomplished, time allotted, and idle time; practice open communication through scheduled weekly meetings to discuss goals and issues; be results-oriented and allow creativity rather than focusing on specific targets; change leadership style to focus on worker output rather than appearance of busyness; and utilize technology to complement management tasks like quantifying data, monitoring staff, and enabling communication across distances.

1. MANAGING
REMOTE
STAFF
made easy

2. TO MAKE REMOTE
STAFFING WORK FOR
YOUR
BUSINESS, YOU’LL HAVE
TO FOLLOW A FEW
GUIDELINES

3. Quantify

4. AS A MANAGER, IT’S DIFFICULT
TO MANAGE WHAT YOU CAN’T
MEASURE.
MEASURE

5. RECORD
OR LET THE
VIRTUAL
ASSISTANT
FIND WAYS
TO QUANTIFY
IMPORTANT
DETAILS LIKE
...

6. !!!
TASKS
ACCOMPLISHED

7. MINUTES ALLOTED
FOR EACH
ASSIGNMENT

8. IDLE
TIME

9. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER IT IS
BEST TO ASSESS THE
PERFORMANCE OF ANY WORKER
ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS
ACCOMPLISHED
NOT
ON HOW MANY
MISTAKES HE HAS MADE

10. Practice Open
Communication

11. COMMUNICATION
PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE WHEN MANAGING
REMOTE STAFF.

12. A GOOD WAY TO
COMMUNICATE IS TO
SET A SCHEDULED
TIME EVERY
WEEK WHERE YOU
CAN BOTH AGREE ON
GOALS AND
RESOLVE
ISSUES SHOULD
THEY ARISE.

13. Be Results
Oriented

14. VARIOUS PEOPLE
HANDLE TASKS
DIFFERENTLY
DIFFERENTLY

15. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT
EMPLOYEES CAN
BETTER
PERFORM WHEN
MANAGERS PUT LESS
PRESSURE ON HITTING
SPECIFIC TARGETS.

16. AS AN EMPLOYER, YOU MUST
ALLOW WORKERS TO TAP INTO
THEIR CREATIVITY AND
INITIATIVE WHEN CARRYING
OUT TASKS.

17. Change Leadership
Style

18. IF YOU ARE THE TYPE OF MANAGER WHO PREFERS TO GET
HANDS-ON WITH YOUR TRAINEES AND SUBORDINATES, THEN
THIS IS THE TIME TO RECONSIDER
CHANGING YOUR
MANNER
OF HANDLING
PEOPLE
PEOPLE.

19. YOU WILL NEED TO PUT FOCUS MORE ON HOW
MUCH A WORKER CAN
YIELD----RATHER
THAN
HOW
BUSY
HE
LOOKS.

20. Utilize Technology

21. TECHNOLOGY MAY
HAVE REPLACED A
LOT OF THINGS
OVER THE
DECADES, HOWEV
ER ONE THING IS
SURE
IT CAN
NEVER
REPLACE
HUMANS
AS
MANAGERS.

22. TECHNOLOGY CAN
ONLY COMPLEMENT
MANAGEMENT
TASKS
BY QUANTIFYING DATA EASIER, PROCESSING
THEM, MONITORING STAFF AND MAKING
COMMUNICATION POSSIBLE DESPITE
DISTANT LOCATIONS.

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