During the current times there is a need for a full proof remote working strategy that every business requires. It has never been more important and IT leaders across companies should address to make the remote working strategies ensure business continuity and help employees stay interactive.
We will be talking about some of the key business drivers that lead to a good remote working policy and ensure that employees working remotely stay interactive. A lot of people fear loosing out on interactions with colleagues and missing out when they are not in the office. With a comprehensive remote working policy and technology solutions you can be sure of a seamless transition to non-office working.
Why remote working is important
Whether you are looking to give your employees with a waterproof remote working strategy and work arrangements to scale business continuity it’s key to understand why building out remote working guidelines is worth your time and energy.
Studies claim "Remote working can improve mental health, by lowering stress level in up to 82% of workers"
Yet a lot of people lack solutions to stay interactive while working from home or outside of office.
Challenges while working from home
- Lower job satisfaction: People working remotely often feel they are not able to be productive because they don’t have access to the right information, contacts and tools when they are not in office.
- Feelings of exclusion: People feel excluded sometimes because when they are not in office they feel they usually miss out on important communications.In other cases people feel they lack interactions with other colleagues.
- Frustration at inability to perform: remote workers usually feel frustrated at carrying personal and office devices separately and use multiple tools for work communications most of which are not designed for use in a mobile environment.
- Interruptions and distractions: This is one of the most common issue faced by remote workers.
Solutions for an efficient remote working set up
- Unified Communications: This is a reliable way for businesses to bring together all means to communications under one umbrella, including voice, video or data. VoIP helps in facilitating remote working and different communications between teams sitting out of different locations.
- A business standard mobile service: Give your employees a business mobile connection with high speed data usage. if the home broadband fails, they have something to fall back upon.
- An integrated Cloud based phone system: Hosted phones have now replaced traditional landlines. into a user-controlled online interface equips employees with powerful and flexible usability features to ensure they have the fully equipped technology that they're used to in the office.
If you like many other remote workers are struggling to stay interactive with your colleagues and fear that you are missing out on a lot of business communications, then it's time to move to unified communications. We have a solution to help you enable remote working and tackle lack of interactions. Download our FREE eGuide by clicking here .
