Working remotely is becoming much more common, and since there are so many benefits to being able to work from anywhere, it is likely to be something that continues to increase, as people find it easier to multitask and work whilst travelling, or work from home to manage their work life balance.
However, something that can suffer when you have a team that doesn’t work all in one place is communication. Good communication is crucial for a business and is something that you need to encourage and facilitate as an employer to ensure that communication is as effective as possible.
Here are some of the things that can help improve communication in a business where people are not all in the same place…
Arrange Regular Meetings – Having meetings regularly is something that ensures people have a routine and know that they can bring up anything relevant. Meetings can be easily held online via video link up.
Ensure Internet and Phone Connections are Good – It is crucial that people are able to connect wherever they are. If they work remotely or are out on the road a lot, it can be good to use a multi network sim like this www.lister-communications.co.uk/business-mobiles/multi-network-data-sim-cards so that they can get a signal wherever they are.
Ensure that there are Communication Guidelines – To allow people to naturally communicate as they would in the office, and work as a team it is important to have guidelines for communicating and ensure that people know who is available to talk to, who is off etc.
