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You are a small business owner, with a limited amount of office space for employees — or perhaps you have a valuable prospective employee that needs to work from a home office. The easy solution would be to allow them to telecommute. How do you manage a telecommuting work environment so that everyone involved benefits?
Telecommuting can offer many advantages. Business owners reap the benefits of lower real estate costs and utility expenses — not to mention a more accommodating work environment that boosts employee morale. For employees, telecommuting can offer better time utilization, improve work-life balance, and lower commuting expenses. All the parties involved, however, need to have a critical understanding of each other’s expectations in a telecommuting environment — an often difficult task.
Laying the Ground Rules
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* Determine if the situation is right for telecommuting. * Set parameters: Create schedules for working hours, telephone meetings, in-house meetings, etc. * Leverage technology: Make sure the telecommuter has the technologies available to maximize his or her performance. * Evaluate the telecommuting employee just as you would other employees. |
Harprit Singh is the founder, president and CEO of Intellicomm Inc., an enhanced communications service provider. Intellicomm is the inventor of Innoport (Innoport.com), a mobility enhancing unified communications service. For more information, visit Intellicomm.com.
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