Do you work remotely? A recent Gallup study shows that more than 40% of the American workforce works remotely, at least some of the time.
Today, we’re talking to Sandra Lewis, founder and CEO of Worldwide101. It’s a premium subscription staffing company with virtual assists, expert marketers, and others across the world. Sandra shares six keys you need when working with a remote team to amplify their abilities and make them successful.
Some of the highlights of the show include:
- Key 1 - Hire for passion: You want them to be interested, passionate, and obsessive in your service and product
- Key 2 - Analyze skill sets and strengths: Worldwide101 has two pillars that categorize someone's strength - structured or creative
- Key 3 - Amplify those strengths: Amplifying a strength is having someone do what they do best; also look at what can complement a core strength (soft skills)
- Key 4 - Provide ongoing learning opportunities: Keep people engaged and provide a path and cross training for them to grow their strengths
- Key 5 - Provide great tools: Try new tools and build a tool stack that helps workers be more efficient and productive
- Key 6 - Over communicate: Have face-to-face meetings, acknowledge every email, set check-in times to build trust and get to know someone remotely
- To lead a successful remote team, keep it personal; do little things that make working remotely less isolated; love the people you work with and celebrate them
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