Coronavirus | 5 Tips for Managing People Remotely

With most people suddenly forced into working remotely due to the Covid-19 outbreak, many of us are wondering how we can effectively manage people remotely.

To help people in this position, we have pulled together our 5 tips for how to manage people remotely, which can be supported by any performance management tools or systems you already have in place.

1. Virtual 121’s

Rather than just informal communication as we may have had in the workplace, this is the time for managers to ramp up the frequency of 121’s to at least once a week. With high numbers of your workforce working remotely, communication can be disrupted making people feel isolated and unfocused. Adding in the personal stresses and strains caused by a crisis such as this, it has never been more important to show empathy and focus on the individual.