Remote working is the new norm for New Zealanders. With the country on lockdown, prime minister Jacinda Ardern has suggested businesses prepare to operate in level 2, 3 or 4 for a significant length of time.
Most companies have their people connected and working from home, but remote work is different to in-person work in a number of significant ways. It isn’t simply a matter of doing what you do now, but online.
Vodafone NZ introduced flexible working for staff a long time ago, so has been through the challenge of integrating remote work. Over the last 18 months Radically has been Vodafone’s Agile Transformation partner. In this webinar, we shared our combined experience in maintaining and improving team productivity in a remote working environment.
Again, the inspirational Sujith Ramachandra has produced a beautiful visual canvas of the webinar. Go grab a high resolution version, click on the picture below.
A copy of the slides can be found here.
Answers to all the questions we didn’t get time to get to can be found here.
We’ve also collected a list of best though leadership readings in this space, that include practical advice on how to lead your organisation through this crisis.
Four Ways to be an agile leader in virtual environment. If you could read one article, read this one. It’s not only for Agile organisations.
6 critical lessons in organisational agility from the COVID-19 crisis. This article will give you a clear set of learnings and practical solutions on how to make your organisation less vulnerable to shocks.
Forbes: 6 tips for managing remote employees. Maintaining productivity and engagement
How to create a productive working from home culture. Growing cultural aspects of remote working teams:
Radically’s Remote Working Guide. A practical guide with a set of recommendations, tips and solutions to improve the remote working experience.
Finally, don’t forget to register for the next webinar, Remote Facilitation: How to Run an Engaging and Productive Digital Meeting