It’s vital to keep the lines of communication open on your team.
No matter whether your employees are in the office or in another state, as an effective manager, you need to keep apprised of what’s going on with your team projects.
You need to know whether your team is going to meet deadlines, whether project scope is being expanded, or whether there are obstacles you can help your team members get over.
Standup meetings, held daily or weekly, can be integral to your team’s progress. Your team gets to mark their milestones, air their issues and maybe collaborate on solutions with you and their teammates.
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The basic concept involves everyone on the team gathering in a circle in the office and getting a few minutes to speak.
Each team member:
✔ Shares what she did yesterday
✔ Explains what’s working and what isn’t
✔ Sets her schedule for the day or week, noting meetings and expected task completions
A standup meeting doesn’t need to take forever and you get a good picture of how progress and innovation are moving along.
What if you have team members who telecommute? Or what if you manage an entirely virtual team?
The standup meeting is easily transferable onto a conference call platform. The format remains the same but it becomes increasingly vital to take notes and record issues so you can follow up on them.
A conference-call standup is a great opportunity to give your remote-team members a chance to refresh each other’s roles and responsibilities and to stay focused on the team goals.
It can help everyone get inspired and stay motivated.
When you use OnConference’s conference-calling system, you don’t need to make a reservation or advance booking and we offer a Meeting Manager platform to ensure everyone on the team receives an invitation to the call.
You can host up to 96 participants on one call and we have toll-free access for participants in more than 90 countries around the world.
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