While it might give you some psychological comfort to see someone physically sitting at their desk, it is no measure of their productivity! If you can’t tell whether people are being productive when they’re working remotely, it really indicates that you can’t track productivity. Often managers are reluctant to allow their team to work-from-home as they worry they won’t know whether the team is working productively.īut this is backward thinking! In reality, remote work highlights productivity problems – it doesn’t cause them. 2) Having team members that work remotely forces you to focus on real productivity The same systems and structures we need to work with our colleagues when they’re at home will also help us work together when our team members sitting on another floor or in another office. Whether our colleagues are at home working in their pyjamas, in another country, or just down the hall, they’re not right with us so we need ways of working together online. Yes, there are some situations where this does happen – my consulting days come to mind when an entire team would be sitting in a boardroom and working on top of each other all day and night! But for the most part, we’re largely separated from the people we work with. Should You Let Your Team Work Remotely? 1) In reality, almost all teams work remotelyĭo you sit next to all of your colleagues? Do you physically meet with your team several times a day? Here are some compelling reasons to let your team work remotely…. Well even though there are some additional challenges that arise from working remotely, teamwork online is one of the core capabilities all teams need to develop. You’ve probably heard stories about Yahoo!, IBM, Hewlett-Packard or other well-known companies that have decided to revoke the working-from-home privileges they previously allowed.īut at the same time, there’s substantial research showing that employees that are able to work from home are happier and ‘massively more productive’ than their in-office counterparts. So, do you open the floodgates to remote work? Before long, someone on your team will want to work-from-home or move to another location and continue working for your company. If you haven’t had the question yet, trust me it’s coming soon.
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