Challenges of managing a remote team?

[eldavis]

Most companies and business organizations have teams that work remotely, though working remotely has its advantages but it also has some Challenges when it comes to managing the team. The team leader might find it hard to monitor each and every member working remotely, communication might also be a problem as it might not be easy to reach out to all the members.

 

[flower]

Managing a remote team could be challenging but to me, it is what we can achieve easily.

 

[cherry123]

Everything comes with its own good and bad sides. you just have to tackle them. Like remote jobs it will be hard to monitor each and every member working remotely,

 

[Springtime]

Yes, managing a remote team can be challenging. Some of the effective ways to manage a remote team is to communicate frequently; check the progress of their work from time to time; encourage feedback and provide support when the team member encounters problems.

 

[Passiveearner]

Managing a team at a remote place could be a big challenge. You could assign a supervisor and make him send reports of the progress of the business every day.

 

[Sophie]

Working with a team has never been easy and it never will be easy that's the reality of life but a major challenge with team work is indifference on the part of team mates

 

[Shavkat]

I think it depends what kind of jobs. The monitoring can be checked through their outputs and not the job itself. If the company cannot monitor them accurately, it is better to find ways to do it.

 

[cherry123]

Managing a remote team can be challenging for people. But it is always good to find ways to adopt a good method. one of the effective ways is to communicate frequently;

 

[Etini Willie]

One of the challenges of managing a remote team is how to get everyone to be on the same page. Some team members would be lackadaisical because no one is physically monitoring their activities.

 

[Bisolami]

Most companies and business organizations have teams that work remotely, though working remotely has its advantages but it also has some Challenges when it comes to managing the team. The team leader might find it hard to monitor each and every member working remotely, communication might also be a problem as it might not be easy to reach out to all the members.

The truth is that you are not seeing your workers face to face so you never can tell what they are doing and you don't even know if truly there working towards the growth of the company or not

 

[Stardom22]

It's a challenging task managing a remotely working team. This is because sometimes there would be interruptions caused by the power outages and problem based on the internet service providers too.

 

[funkie]

Most companies and business organizations have teams that work remotely, though working remotely has its advantages but it also has some Challenges when it comes to managing the team. The team leader might find it hard to monitor each and every member working remotely, communication might also be a problem as it might not be easy to reach out to all the members.

This is a very valid point when remote working is concerned. I think to solve this issue the organization leaders, such as the team managers should organize virtual meetings, for example, on zoom - to connect with the whole team and get updated about the work status of the remote team.

 

[Bisolami]

It's a challenging task managing a remotely working team. This is because sometimes there would be interruptions caused by the power outages and problem based on the internet service providers too.

You are right and it is very bad when the internet connection is having some problems because you will not be able to work and your work will also be slow. It is very annoying

 

[Authenticity101]

Managing remote employees is so hard indeed. Especially if you find that some of them live in rural areas where network connection is so poor. That hinders communication which is very important in management. Another issue could be that the workers are not supervised directly and so they might relax in doing work. That is where you find issues such as late submission of work and others don't attend important meetings..

 

[Bisolami]

Managing remote employees is so hard indeed. Especially if you find that some of them live in rural areas where network connection is so poor. That hinders communication which is very important in management. Another issue could be that the workers are not supervised directly and so they might relax in doing work. That is where you find issues such as late submission of work and others don't attend important meetings..

It is truly hard because I believe that a person can only monitor the people who he is seeing physically. It may be very hard to control other people who are working from their various homes.

 

[Tracee1]

Most companies and business organizations have teams that work remotely, though working remotely has its advantages but it also has some Challenges when it comes to managing the team. The team leader might find it hard to monitor each and every member working remotely, communication might also be a problem as it might not be easy to reach out to all the members.

i believe before embarking in jobs like this and having teams in place, the first necessities should be establishing good communication system as this has a large role it plays in the success of managing a remote team

 

[Bisolami]

i believe before embarking in jobs like this and having teams in place, the first necessities should be establishing good communication system as this has a large role it plays in the success of managing a remote team

You need to make sure that you can always communicate with them whenever you want so that you will be able to reach them and give them information or order them to do something

 

[Heatman]

Most companies and business organizations have teams that work remotely, though working remotely has its advantages but it also has some Challenges when it comes to managing the team. The team leader might find it hard to monitor each and every member working remotely, communication might also be a problem as it might not be easy to reach out to all the members.

This is actually the reason why when it comes to managing a remote team, you should always set up a strategy whereby they would have to check in online at some specific time to ensure that they are doing their job.

 

[cherry123]

Sure it can be very challenging task managing a remotely working team as people are not gathered in an office but in their different homes and location you just have to keep communicating

 

[Bisolami]

This is actually the reason why when it comes to managing a remote team, you should always set up a strategy whereby they would have to check in online at some specific time to ensure that they are doing their job.

You should also set up a strategy in a way that you will be able to monitor all their activities so that you can know if truly they are doing the job that you have given you them or they are not doing it