{"id":5025,"date":"2021-12-17T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T09:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekbot.com\/blog\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2024-01-11T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T13:34:12","slug":"how-to-manage-a-remote-team-a-practical-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekbot.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-a-remote-team-a-practical-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage a Remote Team: A Practical Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remote work has become the norm \u2014 Gartner forecasts<\/a> that by the end of 2021 remote workers will represent 32% of all employees worldwide. Meanwhile, Buffer\u2019s most recent State of Remote Work survey shows<\/a> at least 46% of companies planning to allow remote work permanently which means that fully remote teams <\/strong>are becoming the new norm as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And remote teams face their own slew of challenges: the lack of face-to-face communication, globally distributed workforce, and remote employee productivity issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these struggles force managers to come up with unique approaches to leading remote teams and helps their employees sustain high performance in hybrid and fully remote environments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article<\/strong>, we\u2019ll go through tips that help you manage your remote team <\/a>more efficiently and make sure your remote workers regularly perform at their best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Establish Healthy Communication Within a Remote Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Communication in remote teams is vastly different from traditional on-site communication: Buffer remote survey respondents indicated that <\/strong>after switching to remote work the biggest change was about how they communicate and collaborate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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