Managing Remote Teams
Frequently, as managers, we have to face the challenge of building teams for developing different kind of projects but with some restrictions, such as economical or related to the limited physical space at the office, among others. In my own experience, a great solution for this situations has been the constitution of 100% remote teams. As there are some Industries and Projects where working on goal-driven basis is not quite simple to apply (may be because of continuously business priorities changes or because of the complexity which involves planning all possible scenarios from the early beginning), I do prefer building remote teams with people that I see, are willing to work on a full time basis, as if they were seated by my side at the office. Many times I’ve been asked: ‘How can you ensure that team members are working all the time?’ Well, let me tell you that nobody works all the time. Neither at the office nor remote. However, there are some techniques which in my case...