managing remote staff made easy
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http://www.focusincgroup.com/managing-remote-staff-made-easy/ Distance is no issue as long as you follow these tips for virtual assistant management.TRANSCRIPT
MANAGING REMOTE STAFFmade easy
TO MAKE REMOTE STAFFING WORK FOR
YOUR BUSINESS, YOU’LL HAVE TO FOLLOW A FEW
GUIDELINES
Quantify
AS A MANAGER, IT’S DIFFICULT TO MANAGE WHAT YOU CAN’T
MEASURE. MEASURE
RECORD OR LET THE VIRTUAL
ASSISTANT FIND WAYS
TO QUANTIFY IMPORTANT DETAILS LIKE. . .
TASKS
ACCOMPLISHED
!!!
MINUTES ALLOTEDFOR EACH
ASSIGNMENT
IDLE TIME
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER IT IS BEST TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY WORKER ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS
ACCOMPLISHEDNOT ON HOW MANY
MISTAKES HE HAS MADE
Practice Open Communicatio
n
COMMUNICATIONPLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE WHEN MANAGING REMOTE STAFF.
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.
Be Results
Oriented
VARIOUS PEOPLEHANDLE TASKS
DIFFERENTLYDIFFERENTLY
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT EMPLOYEES CAN
BETTER PERFORM WHEN MANAGERS PUT LESS PRESSURE ON HITTING SPECIFIC TARGETS.
AS AN EMPLOYER, YOU MUST ALLOW WORKERS TO TAP INTO THEIR CREATIVITY AND INITIATIVE WHEN CARRYING OUT TASKS.
Change Leadership
Style
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 YOURMANNEROF HANDLING
PEOPLE. PEOPLE
YOU WILL NEED TO PUT FOCUS MORE ON HOW
MUCH A WORKER CAN YIELD-----RATHERTHANHOWBUSY
HELOOKS.
Utilize Technology
TECHNOLOGY MAY HAVE REPLACED A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE DECADES, HOWEVER ONE THING IS SURE
IT CANNEVER
REPLACEHUMANSAS
MANAGERS.
TECHNOLOGY CAN ONLY COMPLEMENTMANAGEMENT TASKSBY QUANTIFYING DATA EASIER, PROCESSING THEM, MONITORING STAFF AND MAKING COMMUNICATION POSSIBLE DESPITE DISTANT LOCATIONS.
