From the course: Managing Virtual Teams
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Providing virtual feedback
From the course: Managing Virtual Teams
Providing virtual feedback
- Now, hopefully you've been having regular and meaningful communication with your team members, so you've got a good relationship already established. But even with strong connections, giving feedback to remote workers comes with special challenges. There's a conscious effort involved that you don't have to worry about when you can bump into someone at the coffee machine. All of your conversations with your distributed staff are the result of your action of connecting, so it's a lot more intentional providing feedback to remote workers. A first consideration is what communication tool fits the message. For instance, you do not want to use text messaging or even email to provide important feedback. Sure, it's fine to send a great job text for a special achievement as long as you follow it up with a more complete conversation. Now, I've already advocated regular weekly contact with your team members. That's a…
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