31. Working Smart When Working Remote: Proven Strategies for Effective Communication and Collaboration

Crank & Boom Podcast with Toa Green

We are living in a new era of remote work flexibility. In order to attract awesome workers and keep your top employees, you need to have a remote work option and a plan for asynchronous communication and collaboration among team members. The up and coming Gen Z workforce views remote work as a new norm. If you want to stay resilient and thriving as a business, having a remote work plan is key in this next era.

Even food businesses with brick and mortar locations like Crank & Boom can benefit from shifting their mindset and looking for remote opportunities for their team. Join Toa Green as she talks through how to lead a remote team effectively and productively.

In this episode, you’ll learn to:

• Boost productivity and employee satisfaction by embracing the benefits of transitioning to remote work

• Discover strategies for delegating tasks and responsibilities in a remote work setting that will ensure nothing falls through the cracks

• Explore effective communication using platforms like Slack to enhance teamwork and keep everyone connected and informed

• Foster a sense of community and camaraderie within remote teams through non-work-related channels — strengthening team bonds and morale

• Understand the crucial role of managers in bridging gaps and promoting collaboration in remote teams

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Resources Mentioned in Episode

• Download Slack and improve your communication with your team: https://slack.com/downloads/mac

Quotable Moments From the Episode

“I am personally not a fan of meetings. I do not like to have meetings for the sake of meetings. If we're going to have a meeting, we better have a very important agenda that we stick to that has a time limit and that we are not just standing around yammering on together forever because everybody's time is valuable and everybody has things to do.” - Toa Green

“I trust in my leadership team that if there is something very pressing, somebody will bring it to my attention and we can figure it out together. I think being clear on what everybody's role and task is is very important, especially when you're not in the same room altogether. I think it's very possible to have really good communication in a sense of quality and not quantity.” - Toa Green

“Let us share these things about our lives that have nothing to do with work specifically, but have everything to do with work and how we relate to each other and build a community within our own organization.” - Toa Green

“I think so much of the world has changed now, and our younger generation is standing up and demanding that life is not just all about work anymore. Life is about living life and getting the opportunity to live life.” - Toa Green

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