{"id":2171,"date":"2020-04-15T08:10:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T08:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empmonitor.in\/blog\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2023-02-19T05:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T05:39:00","slug":"successfully-leading-remote-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.empmonitor.com\/blog\/successfully-leading-remote-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Lead A Remote Team Effectively?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As with the increasing team, along with the ever-increasing challenges that come with arranging the workflow and making sure things work smoothly. If you are not having any previous experience with leading remote teams<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span>, then it may be an overwhelming and intimidating task.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, EmpMonitor has taken an initiative to build a remote monitoring software<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span> that not only helps organisations to lead and manage their remote teams but also helps in optimizing their work activity and helps in reaching higher goals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One secret which nobody knows is, we use our inhouse-products daily to get the work done. In short, I can say we use our tools to build new tools. Every time we add on a new feature or upgrade the current version, we do that with a purpose to provide better productivity management solutions<\/strong><\/em><\/a> <\/span>for teams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet how can we really get our job done by leading a remote team? Let me show you the in-depth view of how it is possible with EmpMonitor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I decided to round up all the tools we are using before we get into our phase so you know what the basic necessities a company should possess. Thankfully most of the devices we use are inexpensive or even free for businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

EmpMonitor<\/b> for checking the employee productivity, time tracking, activity metrics, top apps and websites used, user logins, keystroke management, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mailgaze<\/b> helps to track and analyze your competitor’s email marketing campaigns, which helps in boosting your sales ranking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Google Drive<\/b> for saving documents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thunderbird<\/b> for sharing email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoom<\/b> for video chats with large groups and recurring meetings, and many more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When we outline our regular cycle, we’ll get into each one a little more in detail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leading Remote Team Framework\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Our whole company works using EmpMonitor, our very owned remote monitoring software. Using the internal features we add the right member to the right team. It helps our employers to get detailed insights into the employee’s daily tasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a variety of settings that you can change per user, making it easy for team members to monitor their hours, schedules, and build customer invoices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few things about how EmpMonitor helps employers to manage the productivity<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span> of their employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Top applications and websites used –<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

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You can keep a check on the top applications used by your employees and the amount of time they have spent on each task in the last six months, productive or non-productive. As being an employer you are aware of the sites and resources used for your projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keystroke management –<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

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You can easily know all the data your employee types on their<\/span> computer using EmpMonitor. You can keep a check If they are using it to do job-related tasks or just talk with his colleagues or even friends on idle subjects. Hence, this feature helps to how effectively employees use their time at work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Screenshot monitoring –<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

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This feature is said to be one of the accurate ways to know what the employee is exactly doing on his computer at a particular time frame. EmpMonitor takes some random screenshots of the employees\u2019 systems at specific intervals of time, which the employers can access anytime for<\/span> getting a clear picture of the work activities in the premises.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Easy storage for essential data –<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

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You should be assured that you are storing all tracking activities on a server that can be accessed from anywhere, so that you<\/span> don’t have to depend on the local storage. All it takes is for you to log in from your office, home or any remote location to your dashboard and the details will be available to you in the most updated form in that device itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Browser Tracking software –\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Through this feature, you can get specific details about your employee’s top websites being viewed and how many times they have visited those sites.<\/span><\/p>\n

As it’s okay to check the daily news, daily trends, etc but to a certain limit if it exceeds, then you can see a drastic change in the productivity level, which may affect the overall company\u2019s ranking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Communication\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

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As<\/span> currently most of us are working remotely, thus it’s really important to communicate with your employees to keep them engaged and productive even while working from home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are various benefits of having good communication with the employees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n