The business landscape is changing and more employees are working virtually. The benefits are easy to identify: money saved on facilities, flexibility, a 24/7 workforce and hiring based solely on talent - not location. This list goes on.
What about the challenges? Specifically, those associated with communication and collaboration? Dispersed workers still need to work as cohesive teams so what can be done to ensure success?
Changes in management along with technology offer the support that can allow remote employees to be as effective and productive as office-based colleagues.
Technology enables the virtual marketplace but management must also change to reflect, enable and support this new way of working. Trust and performance metrics are increasingly more important.
So where does social media fit in with this? Are timesheets still relevant? For more information on tools like IP Telephony, unified communications and management techniques strategies, download the free whitepaper:Best Practices for Managing a Virtual Team by Frost & Sullivan.