Remote Work Collaboration

Start with trust

Virtual team leaders should start with trust. Assume that your team members are hard at work.

Avoid micromanaging remote workers’ time; set priorities and ask what they need to meet the goal.

Get to know each other as people. Start meetings with conversations, help build connections and establish rapport. Forge in-person and virtual relationships.

Set boundaries

Ask co-workers in different time zones when they prefer to take meetings.

Establish clear guidelines on when in-person meetings are recommended. Use video calls at other times to show your remote colleagues their ideas are being heard.

Check-in

Create a rhythm to your team’s work that includes regular opportunities to check in with remote workers as a whole team and 1:1.