Managing remote work and virtual teams was already a common issue for global companies and now the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even more of a challenge for organizations. Remote work can be difficult even within the same culture, while value and style differences across cultures can add another layer of complexity.
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Remote team management
Japan Intercultural Consulting has significant experience helping teams sharpen their skills for remote work, leading to strengthened collaboration. Our sessions cover the following topics:
- Cultural differences in communication style that affect remote work
- Addressing the concerns managers typically have about remote workers
- Best practices for remote work
- Setting your communication and software tools
- Including the remote worker in the informal communication processes
- Tracking progress and task management
- Visualizing results – a challenge of remote work, and how to solve it
- Effective teleconferencing and videoconferencing
- Techniques for increasing team spirit when everyone is in different locations
We also offer a bilingual set of forms, policies, and guidelines in Microsoft Word for managing work-from-home employees. You can tailor these to your company’s situation.