Encourage The Remote Team

One of the tasks that a good employer must do is to keep his employees engaged. Motivation of the team is one of the most important ingredients of productive work. However, not every employer manage to encourage the workers well. And it could lead to big problems. Moreover, encouraging is even harder for a remote team. It’s not so easy to inspire a remote team follow the aim, being in different parts of the world. Of course, money motivation and a good leader make their job, but it’s not enough. Work from home employees may feel less responsibility and connection between each other and his client. 

As a responsible and purposeful employer, you should know how to overcome such challenge. And we’ll show you how! Let's start!

1.Communicate

First and foremost, take care of your communication. 

There is a huge variety of tools for remote communication, choose one and use it! The best way of communication is video conferences. They help to pretend being together, on one “office”, which gives a feeling of a real meeting. Discussing problems clearly and honestly, not hiding anything, talking about plans and prospects, making proposals and comments, thinking of aims and actions - all these can be reached just by making video conferences.

In addition, it’ essential to make communication open, trustful and accurate.

2.Initiate

Do you think you, as the employer and a leading head, ought to decide everything on your own? No, it’s not like that. 

Grow enthusiasm in your workers. Give them an opportunity to make some decisions by themselves, to suggest ideas and the ways of developing them. Such approach make the employees feel really involved in common goal.

3.Set the right goal

As an employer, you should give a correct aim for the team. This aim have to provoke specialists to improve themselves and, at the same time, doesn’t have to make them frustrated or confused. 

We mean, the goal shouldn’t be too easy to complete because the team will get relaxed and uninterested. And it shouldn’t be too complicated so that the team won’t understand the task and how to finish it. As a result, we recommend you to find something average of these two options. Let’s say, happy medium. 

4.Keep in the loop

No one wants to be “blind”. So it is necessary for you to be open and make sure your team knows and understands what you are talking about. Needless to say, there are things that need to stay “behind the scenes". The main thought of this step is - bring information while discussing important stuff.

Besides, the same we can say about giving the feedback. If the team knows the estimate of the done work - they are able to think what to do next, how to make a result better and satisfy the client. Make your feedback meaningful and provide your team with it.

5.Laud

It is great if you can politely point on mistakes. But it is bad if you are not able to point on good things.

Every person, not only worker, is eager to realise he’s valuable. So, don’t forget to compliment each member from time to time in order to keep them encouraged and happy. Such phrases as : “Good job!”, “Very nice idea!”, “Well done!” only motivate to do more and more, to work better and better. Remember, happy workers = productive workers ;)

So, we’re almost done! To finish this strategy, here are some extra advices that may come into play:

• Stay a “human”. Don’t be too strict. Find the golden mean between kindness and strictness;

• Take interest in team members’ personalities. We don’t mean becoming friends, this is, actually, a bad idea. But being caring will make a team more devoted to you and your project;

• Be a good listener. Don’t be assertive, listen to the ideas and needs of the team;

• Give an opportunity for progress. Every specialist wants to see how doing a particular project will help him to upgrade himself.

Finish! When you motivate people, you should enhance the feeling of involvement in them. You lead a small family, and when each member is happy, they are inspired to do great things! 

See you soon!