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3 Terrific Tactics That Make Remote Working More Effective

November 4, 2019 by Christopher

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The idea of being able to work from any location is undoubtedly a beguiling one. In fact, for most people, it conjures images of answering emails on a sandy beach, cocktail in hand. Then there is the opportunity to offer home working to employees.

Oh, and the greater potential for staying up to date while on the road as well.

Of course, such benefits are only accessible if your business’s methods of remote working are as effective as possible. Something you can read more about the post below.

 

#1 Equipment

First of all, if remote working is to be successful in your business, you do need to ensure that your employees have access to the right equipment. Happily, for most, this means a computer, as well as a fast and reliable internet connection.

In fact, many companies specify that remote employees need to arrange their own access to such equipment, something that can be financially advantageous. After all, then businesses will not have to spend out on tech or internet subscriptions.

Additionally, they will also not have to provide desks, chairs, or filing cabinets either. Something that can make working in this way very effective from a financial point of view.

 

#2 Consistency

Next, if you want your business’s remote working set up to be effective, you will need to ensure consistency from employees. No matter where they are located. After all, a customer dealing with a worker that is a digital nomad will want the same experience as one dealing with a representative working out of their own home.

Luckily, there is a range of tactics you can use to help you with this. The first being to have very clear work processes and expectations, which employees can follow at each stage of their tasks to ensure consistency of customer experience.

Secondly, making use of services like this Virtual Desktop can help a great deal as well. The reason being that employees can access their business desktop no matter what device they are using, or what location they are in. Something that means you can help to guarantee a similarly high level of service to all customers, whatever remote working options you provide.

 

#3 Communication

Finally, when it comes to making remote working effective, your business absolutely needs to be on top of communication. In fact, probably the best way of doing this is to set up an instant messenger used solely for work purposes. A service that means employees and managers can talk in real-time and get advice and support while they are helping your customers, or completing a project.

Of course, email and phone communications will have their place too. With the former being especially useful for informing large groups in one go, and the latter being useful for detailed one to one explanations, or when the way something is discussed matters just as much as the topic itself.

Although, for maximum effect, an online messenger is likely to be your primary method of communication for a remote business setup.

Do you work remotely?

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