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Productivity monitoring is a method for watching employee productivity levels throughout the workday. It has gained attention in recent months as a greater percentage of the workforce has begun working remotely, thus prompting employers’ desire to have more visibility into remote employees’... 
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As the world is getting more accustomed to working from home, most of the work has shifted online. From in-house meetings to client meetings as well as staff/employee management performance. But what exactly goes on in the conference calls? Whether video or audio. When work conference calls are being made,
Barry Deutsch's insight:
As simplistic as it might seem on the surface, helping your team members to understand the differences between running online virtual meetings is radically from physically being around the table.
Are you coaching and preparing your team members to be very successful in organizing and running online virtual meetings for their team, interdisciplinary teams, and customer teams?
This is one of the areas we explore in the workshop/webinar I am doing for Vistage Groups and Members on "Managing Remotely in a Crisis."
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Working remote for the first time? Here are some tips from a veteran.
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I'm starting to conduct deep research on the process of managing a remote remotely. This article addresses a couple of issues many companies and remote workers are facing - the security issues around connecting to corporate networks through consumer home wifi routers, and how to carve out an effective home work space.
Now that I've done about 25 webinars for Vistage groups and members on How to Manage Remotely in a Crisis - a pattern of the most common issues facing companies are beginning to emerge. I'll share some of the best practices I've discovered from my clients in this space to overcome these issues.
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In 1979, IBM was making headlines by becoming one of the first large companies to allow employees to work remotely.
Barry Deutsch's insight:
I really liked this Hubspot YouTube video titled about the caution of managing your remote workers like they are still on site. Written back in 2018, the message rings loud and clear for today's work environment. Some good takeaways here as more of your workforce transitions to remote work.
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The need to work from home during the pandemic has triggered a sharp increase in the interest of many companies in software packages to monitor their employees. But just because technology allows us to do certain things, doesn't mean that doing so is a good idea.
Barry Deutsch's insight:
The article on Forbes attempts to dispel the traditional command and control management approach of time studies and tracking how much people are in front of their computers.
"If your company’s culture is based on micromanagement, think about how to manage the transition away from it."
Let's transition to using OKRs, outcomes, deliverables, expectations, KPIs, and metrics to determine if people are being successful instead of control mechanisms to see when they are working.
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Working remote for the first time? Here are some tips from a veteran.
Barry Deutsch's insight:
Are you helping and coaching your employees how to work more effectively from home? For many of your employees who have not worked at home - suddenly forced into working from a home office can be a rude shock.
In my workshop on Managing Remotely in a Crisis, I recommend coaching, providing resources, and helping your team get comfortable working from home.
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Communication professionals need strategies and tools for building trust, creating structure and protecting brands, while keeping up with a very fluid situation.
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Sometimes we overlook simple things in managing people - especially remotely. This article references numerous studies that show employees want information from the CEO and direct manager. I'm finding in my workshops on managing remotely for Vistage groups and member companies that the number one element is weak communication.
I really liked the recommendation in this article about front line managers building other rituals and structures with their teams to improve the sharing of information, fun and team building, and overall interaction.
Most people feel alone, isolated, and separated at home - how can you help them feel like they are part of the organization and that they matter?
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As I have been teaching in my Complimentary one hour Vistage Workshops on Managing Remotely in a Crisis - this is a horrible method to manage performance. It's micro-management and "big brother" looking over your shoulder. It basically says we don't trust you. It's the easy way of out defining real performance mangagement like outcomes, deliverables, expecations, metrics, and KPIs. STOP using monitoring software. It creates a culture of mistrust.