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Great communication is critical! I work remote now and I have found over-communication to be essential in staying in the loop with my team and on top of work. It’s easy to feel out of the loop with my team since I’m not in the office and experience the immediate updates, etc. As a director, I’d suggest that you try to be as present as possible and keep avenues open for your team to access you. Emails are great, phone calls are ideal. Once you establish your process and get in the groove, I’m sure you’ll really enjoy working remotely! I sure do!
Thank you AE1! I have managed a team remotely before, but it was after I’d managed them in person for 3 years so I knew them all very well. This would be remote from the start, so a very different experience I’d assume.
Are monthly or quarterly visits to the office doable so you can get face time with the team? My boss has been remote for my 3+ years at my current agency. She does a great job being available for work/client related needs throughout the day, but it’s tough from a mentorship and understanding my day-to-day standpoint. Feeling like a remote boss has my back when it comes to championing my work and my career growth is the thing I think is hardest remotely. Negotiating regular trips to the office to build face to face rapport with the team is key and will help solidify their trust in you as their leader!
Awesome. Just be sure to use the time in person with the team to do any one-on-ones or performance reviews - that’ll go a long way. Couple that with the over communication mentioned above and you’ll be in great shape!
Having some in-person time and having regular 1 on 1’s with the team members helped me loads. Also in internal meetings we do video a lot of the time so we can see each other faces. Every thing that helps remind them I’m a human ;-)
I hope you're focusing on acing the interview process and actually getting an offer 'cause over thinking this now is taking energy away from where you actually are in the process and it's a bit of getting ahead of yourself. But it's understandable that the fear/anxiety is doing that to you. Just be aware it's not productive/priority.
Great advice above from others. If you get the gig, over communicating and face time through any means will be critical. And 1:1 biweekly with each employee. I worked remotely from the start for 3 years and spent the first 2 weeks on-site and then it was a mandatory practice to go every 6-8 weeks and stay to work in person from office for a week. All internal meetings were also video conferencing so I can see them in the room and they can see me. Of course online chat was non-stop blood line and numerous calls daily.
I agree, thanks for the reality check. I’m just thinking this way bc they’ve said the only concern with me getting the job is the distance. I’m 100% sure I’d have an offer already if I were local. They said they’d want me there 3-4 days/month for the first 3 months, then once a quarter after that.
Video chat like Google Hangouts def. helps! Even if it's a quick 5-minute window each day to talk through questions or next steps.