Managing remote teams comes with several unique challenges.

In fact, for some managers, the idea of not sharing a space with their team members equates to a loss in control, dents in productivity levels, and, ultimately, chaos.

But things don’t have to be that way.

Starting a business is often idealized in movies and modern television.

In order to run your own business, you do not need to sit in an empty apartment with boxes of takeout food! In fact, most entrepreneurs are between 45 and 54 years old, according to a Kauffman Foundation study.

What’s more, these people do not invest everything they have in life into their business. As a matter of fact, this is usually something you do on the side – as a second career. Even better – you can do this too!

How do you communicate effectively while remote?

Distributed teams have to rely on communication and transparency to function effectively.

But communication is hard when you have team members who can’t meet in person, spread all over different timezones.

“What’s on the schedule this week?”

“No idea.”

If you, like me, are a content marketer struggling every day to find new content ideas, this article is for you.

The discussion regarding the advantages and disadvantages of remote work for a company started several years ago. The pandemic has left no choice but to master the skill of working remotely. 

Yet, as it’s been receding, many managers start questioning if they should switch some departments to the remote mode.