Be Clear About Management Structure and Organization
When employees no longer report to a physical office it may reduce the responsibilities of or eliminate some positions such as an office manager in their entirety. Additionally, your management team will be taking on some new responsibilities and perhaps need to work even more closely with their teams to meet their deadlines and goals.
Create a clear chain of command structure for your business, management, and individual teams. This step is even more important when you are managing a remote work team versus an in-person office team: communication is the number one key to successful remote work.
It is important for remote team members and their managers to know who handles what responsibilities. Because your employees can no longer drop in to a superior’s office, knowing who to contact and how to get in touch with them quickly can help you maintain efficiency in your business when the entire office is working remotely.