It’s always been true that a great team is what makes your company successful, but how a team operates and where it operates from has changed over the years.
Being able to accommodate both workers who are out of range and those who are always on the go will help improve your company’s productivity and quality of work.
How do you know you’re making the best use of technology to keep your employees and business as efficient as possible?
In this blog post, we’ll explore the six types of remote workers who impact your team, evaluate their technical needs, and assess how Office 365 Business Premium can enhance and simplify their remote work styles across all their devices, bringing new levels of productivity to your business.
Although there are many types of remote workers, recognizing their common issues is key to making your remote workforce successful and cultivating an efficient remote work culture.
Access
Cloud storage makes it possible for any team member to access the information they need, no matter where they are.
Flexibility
In today’s world, the ability to use a preferred device means greater productivity, especially for employees in transit.
Connectivity
The ability to communicate with coworkers and receive seamless updates online significantly improves a remote team member’s workflow.
Built-in-security
Keep work secure by providing your remote team with the safest tools and setting best practices for file access and sharing.
Most productive, after office hours, but still needs network access.
With hours of meetings and other distractions, the workplace is sometimes the last place where you can actually get work done. That’s why night owls crave long stretches of uninterrupted time in the evenings to do their best work.
Often out of range but stays in sync with mobile productivity tools.
For salespeople and marketers who are constantly on the road, there are often limited times and places to access the internet. When they do get back online, these road warriors need to be able to sync with their teams and company database with remote work software.
Relies on mobile access and security, online or offline, on any device.
Imagine you have a presentation in the morning, but you’re in an airport with weak Wi-Fi and a dead laptop battery. Welcome to the life of the jet setter. The best tools for the jet setters are those that enable accessibility and security as these workers hop from one city to the next.
Always connected, whether on the way to work or working from home.
Commuters are usually partially remote, living just far enough from the office for the drive to be a challenge and opting to work from home a few days each week or month.
Whether at home, on a bus, or picking up the kids from soccer practice, commuters can use Office 365 to securely access files and communicate with everyone at the office as though they were in the same room.
Borders aren’t barriers to instant communication and collaboration.
If your lead strategist who works on your biggest account lives in a different country, how do you overcome access and communication problems that can lead to unnecessary and unproductive downtime?
Needs autonomy and flexibility while staying connected and supported.
Even remotely hired industry experts don’t want to be left to fend for themselves. So why let things like time zones get in the way their valuable expertise?