Considering Remote Working For Your Business? Here’s What You Need To Know

 

More businesses than ever before now realize the benefits of remote working for their businesses and their team. If you’re considering moving your business to remote working, then take a look at the following post we’ve put together below. We’re going to be listing some of the benefits of remote working for your business. We’ll also be featuring some tips on how to successfully run a business operating on remote or hybrid working. So, keep reading to find out more.

Benefits Of Switching To Remote Working

Firstly, let’s cover some of the reasons why your business could benefit from switching to remote working. In terms of saving money on expenses for your business, remote working can very often work out cheaper when running your business. You can save money by:

• not having to pay for office space
• not having to cover the costs of staff commutes
• no running utility costs
• increasing productivity and boosting business performance
• happier team and lower staff turnover saving on recruitment costs

As well as saving money, remote working has other benefits for your employees too. Many people find that working from home gives them a better work/life balance. Less of their day is taken up by their work life, having to commute to and from work, or getting trapped at work due to meetings or extra work. Even though work hours can stay the same, employees get more time at home to spend with their family or in other areas of their lives. This leads to a happier team with better work morale. As well as making your team happier, it also means they are more likely to be productive during work time and contribute to the success of your business.

Delegating Tasks Remotely

As you won’t be in contact with people face-to-face as much when remote working, it’s important to make sure you’re staying extra organized. Communication is key to effectively delegating tasks whilst working from home. Make sure you have a great management team in place that can work well with fellow employees. They will also need to be able to use effective remote working strategies to make sure projects get completed, and targets are met. Your team needs clear communication about what is expected from them whilst working from home. You also need to make sure staff feel supported in their role to prevent them from becoming overwhelmed by their workloads.

Maintaining Effective Communication

So, how do you ensure you’re maintaining effective communication amongst your team when remote working? You’ll need to make sure you have an effective system in place for communication amongst your team. There are a number of different platforms you can choose to use for team communication across your business. There should be a channel from which your employees can communicate through written chats, as well as face-to-face virtual meetings. Even if you’re team is in daily contact through chat systems, it’s good to have regular virtual meetings where people can see each other’s faces too. This helps to maintain working relationships amongst team members and replaces workplace in-person communication.

Equip Your Staff With The Tech They Need

One aspect you will need to consider if you’re going to be moving your team to remote working is providing them with the tech they need at home to carry out their work. This could be computers and monitors, laptops, work mobiles, and headset equipment. You might require your team to purchase some equipment themselves. But ideally, you will need to provide the more expensive pieces for them. It’s important that your team have all the equipment they need in order to carry out their roles effectively and keep the business running smoothly. Make sure to take on board feedback from your staff on whether or not they require more equipment to use from home.

Try And Maintain Routines

Even though your employees won’t be working in a collective office space, it’s still important to make sure they’re maintaining a routine. This is important for a couple of reasons. Firstly, they need to be contactable during certain hours to make sure there is effective communication amongst the team. It also helps to make sure the team is working together at the same pace to meet targets and deadlines. Having a set routine when working from home also prevents your staff from working over too. When remote working, it can be more difficult to step away from work and switch off for the evening. So routine is also important for your employees to maintain a healthy approach to work/life balance. There is, however, the potential to be more flexible with working hours through remote working. You might want to offer your staff the opportunity to choose their working hours by what suits them best if you find this could work for your business.