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Tools For Managing a Remote Workforce

Compiled by Burlingame Library Staff
 

Web Articles
 9 Tips for Managing Remote Employees
https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/9-tips-for-managing-remote-employees/
 A Guide To Managing Your (Newly) Remote Workers
https://hbr.org/2020/03/a-guide-to-managing-your-newly-remote-workers
 Top 15 Tips to Effectively Manage Remote Employees
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/05/30/top-15-tips-to-effectively-manage-remote-employees/#7e51a300503c
 Strategic Plan for Working from Home
https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/03/24/strategic-plan-for-working-at-home-stay-connected/
Practical tips for Managing Remote Workers (Baylor University)
https://www.baylor.edu/coronavirus/index.php?id=967759
How to Be a Great Remote Manager
https://www.inc.com/burt-helm/how-be-great-remote-manager.html
How Managers Can Support Remote Workers
https://hbr.org/2020/04/how-managers-can-support-remote-employees

 Videos
 How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vradYqcXfGQ&list=TLPQMTcwNjIwMjBnD56MISCgeQ&index=2
 How-to HR: Engaging Remote Workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrYi_VKL88
Five TED Talks That Will Make You Better at Remote Work
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/5-ted-talks-that-will-make-you-better-at-remote-work.html

Books
 The Power of Virtual Distance: A guide to productivity and happiness in the age of remote work (overdrive eBook available with Burlingame or PLS library card)

eBooks
Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried & David Henemeier Hansson 
https://burlingame.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2232117076 
Virtual Teams for Dummies by Tara Powers
https://burlingame.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3871992093 
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
https://burlingame.bibliocommons.com/item/show/365709125

 

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