With digital space expanding rapidly and the current Covid-19 pandemic has made ‘Work at Home’ a reality nowadays. Employees across the globe have switched on to remote working. Remote work revolution has introduced tremendous changes at workplaces, in work styles, work processes, etc. Both working professionals and entrepreneurs are challenged with this new remote setup. You may be interested to know the best remote and collaboration tools to use in 2021. Following these best practices can help mange efficiently and smoothly remote teams. It will also help your business to derive increased goodwill, productivity and greater ROI.
- Work plan and Clear Task Distribution
You will require a well-defined project roadmap before you initiate your project tasks. Also, outline your long, short-term goals with clearly set deadlines and milestones. Divide the work and allot it among your team members with each having clear understanding of the task. They should assume responsibility and complete the assigned tasks on time.
- Seamless Team Communication
Communication may get disrupted when working remotely due to employees working in different time zones. Teams working in different time zones are to match their time zone when working on a specific project. Seamless communication is crucial to derive increased productivity and successful product development. There are numerous remote working tools available on the web like GoToMeeting, Zoom, Teams, Skype and Slack.
- Using collaboration and remote tools
Your team should be provided with the latest and advanced toolset. There are remote tools that can be used like GoToMeeting, Webex, Zoom, Teams, Slack, Skype, etc., which can be adopted to hold virtual business meetings. For document management, remote teams can make use of tools like dropbox, Google docs and GitHub, etc. AnyMeeting, Google Hangout and Skype are effective communication tools that can be used free of charge. To track and monitor employee productivity, use tools like Jira, Microsoft teams, Centrallo, Pintask and Trello.
- Project Management
You need to adopt the best project management system in your business. For this, you can use tools like Jira, Asana and Asana. Kickidler helps you to monitor how your remote teams are working in real-time, thus increasing overall efficiency and productivity.
- Greater transparency among team members
There should be transparency in the working process and among team members. You should set transparent business agenda, tasks and goals. Better understanding among the team combined with smooth communication leads to quick decisions, increased productivity and greater ROI.
