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6 Tips to Creating a Culture of Excellence with Your Remote Team
As remote work and work from home opportunities become a major industry trend across various sectors, it has become important to talk about the work culture you would like to have within your remote team. Below are some tips you can use to create a culture of excellence within your virtual team.
1. Your Culture
You can only improve if you know where you stand. It is important to know the present culture in the company to figure out what steps you must take to create a culture of excellence. Access what the present culture lacks and figure out ways to convert the opportunities into successes for your remote team. This will give you a perfect start in your quest to create a culture of excellence.
2. The Leader
Be the leader you want to see in your team. When I began working with remote teams, I quickly noticed a shift in leadership. It was no longer boss versus employee, but a team of individuals, including the leadership team, working together for the betterment of the company.
Leaders are the individuals who do not like to think of themselves as someone outside of their team, but someone apart of it. It is true they are the decision-makers, but they also are willing to dig in when a team member needs help. To lead a remote team and develop a culture of excellence, you will have to lead the team by example. This will help you create a well-organized team.
3. Attract Through Transparency
Allowing the world—i.e., social media—to see the inner workings and day to day moving parts of your company is the easiest way to engage the team members of your dreams. By being transparent, you can attract individuals who share similar values and goals. This will ensure you have team members motivated and ready to serve immediately upon working with you.
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4. Manage Expectations
Want to get the best out of your team members? Develop a habit of setting expectations upfront. Doing so will set your team member up for success and will make it easier for them to contribute successfully. This also will relieve them of any insecurities. Misunderstandings among your team can create extra work and frustration, all the makings of poor performance and turnover.
5. Keep the Water Cooler
Talk Intact
A team can easily become disconnected when working remotely. Keeping your team connected via technology will dismiss any feelings of being left out or alone. Keep morale high by sharing things unrelated to work, the news of a new baby or move to a different city will keep everyone engaged and connected.
Bonus Tip: A tool used across business sectors and industries is Slack—a collaboration hub that keeps teams connected. This also saves your email from clutter. Think text messaging meets email.
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6. Ask for Feedback
If you are serious about creating a culture of excellence with your remote team, stay active in asking for feedback. Knowing if your team members are working in their area of genius, has suggestions or needs for improvement is critical.
Giving team members the opportunity to speak freely about things that may be troubling them is just as important. Create an “open door” policy via email or a scheduled video chat.
Creating a culture of excellence is more important now than ever before. Not being able to share a space with your team can be difficult to navigate, but can be made easier by following these steps. Use these tips to help boost productivity and create better working relationships within the team.
Shequana Hughes is the founder and Online Business Manager of The SAVA Group Virtual Assistance Agency. The SAVA Group is a team of administrative professionals that provide time-saving administrative and creative support to small business owners all over the United States. For more information, visit thesavagroup.com.
