Comments on: What is Remote Leadership? http://gigaom.com/2009/08/11/what-is-remote-leadership/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leanne Hoagland Smith http://gigaom.com/2009/08/11/what-is-remote-leadership/#comment-86106 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:41:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=17537#comment-86106 Remote work requires more self-leadership skills (people/soft skills) along with external reinforcement leadership skills by the project or team leader.

What makes remote or on site teams both efficient and effective is the shared used of a proven goal setting/goal achievement process along with the use of the same tool.

This keeps the communication focused on the results and allows the team to collectively work out the challenges.

]]> By: hatfire http://gigaom.com/2009/08/11/what-is-remote-leadership/#comment-86105 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:33:47 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=17537#comment-86105 This definitely provides challenges – but as you’ve pointed out, not insurmountable. I, for one, do well with pure socialmedia (be it email, Twitter, Facebook, IM, SMS, etc) – but I am not prone to pick up the phone and talk. That is a weak area for me, and one I recognize.

What I try to do, is schedule weekly (if possible) staff meetings. The staff meetings are more about building teamwork, continuity, and community – not so much as actual decision making or information sharing. So, for this goal, a more social venue helps (eg; lunch, etc).

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