Telecommuting; the term was coined in back in 1973, but it took recent cloud computing technologies for many employers to jump on board telecommuting wagon.
GiftCard Partners (GCP) has an entirely remote workforce, so we understand the benefits to our employer, to ourselves as the employees and the Earth. Companies like
GCP are making a difference in society with a very small carbon footprint and in work life balance by offering telecommuting as an option. But with a remote workforce, how can you be sure that recognition and motivation for your telecommuting workforce isn’t lost?
1. Weekly recognition
2. Monthly face-to-face sessions
3. Team-build face-to-face and virtually
4. Daily updates via Skype
5. Birthday celebrations
6. “Attaboy” all the way, keep praise for their work on-going
7. Handwritten thank-you notes
8. Know the cultures of your workers
9. Know what holidays your employees celebrate
10. Plan regular telephone calls
There’s lots more detail to be had on this topic, take a look at the whole column here:
Top 10 Ways to Recognize, Motivate Your Telecommuters Incentive columnist Roy Saunderson is author of Giving the Recognition Way and president of the Recognition Management Institute,
www.realrecognition.com.
