The challenge of People Management in a Remote Model

Home Office X IT Management

From the impacts of the crisis to the new management conditions. How to get around changes and maintain the performance of professionals who now understand that work can be done exclusively in the remote model?

Impositions and their impacts

The pandemic impacted the world and shook the economy, causing huge losses. All were affected and had to follow trends without which it would be impossible to remain active during the crisis. Isolation measures broke paradigms of the corporate world. Companies made room for the home office and expanded the performance of their employees. Leaders became involved in strategic decisions and invested in automated systems for performing repetitive tasks. Communication tools have become vital for information accuracy. In a constant attempt to overcome the challenges brought about by the crisis, software was revised, applications were created and new internet services were installed so that the home office could be successfully implemented and productivity was maintained. From imposing adaptation and resilience, a scenario emerged in which IT assumed a strategic role and, with multidisciplinary teams, accelerated digital transformation. All businesses have become digital and companies have adopted strict standards, with security policies, antivirus, firewalls and encryption, significantly altering the ways in which people interact.

From remote management of productive teams

Keeping productive teams at home office has become a challenge for managers who need, on the one hand, to monitor performance and, on the other, to create a new mentality that ensures, in addition to a good relationship, compliance with working hours, commitment with plans and goals, a good level of concentration without direct supervision, meeting deadlines. The home office also requires clear direction. The manager, when delegating tasks, must leave a path open for clarification of doubts, negotiations and suggestions. Information exchanges must be aligned so that there is a good flow of routines. Confidence in the competence of professionals also becomes fundamental for management. In addition, the creation of schedules, the division of tasks, the promotion of virtual meetings to disseminate actions, results and maintain the feeling of bond between professionals are highlighted. For employees, it is important to maintain well-being – not spending hours commuting, not facing distances and traffic, for example, are part of this item - as well as the feeling of belonging and recognition for their efforts. Some preach that managing remote teams requires different skills than those used in face-to-face management, but experts point out that good communication is the item responsible for the feeling of inclusion of employees in the process and advocate the holding of videoconferences and conversation records to share the steps. traveled, goals achieved and future plans.

In view of all the measures taken and the popularization of the home office, research indicates that it is here to stay, which has ensured many of the hirings that took place during the pandemic, when the place of residence had less relevance for filling vacancies. Aware of this, companies are looking for new ways to seduce their candidates, with attractive offers and expressive numbers of vacancies, which tend to intensify with the arrival of 5G. Today, most employees have adapted to the home office and flexibility in working relationships and do not think about returning to the face-to-face model. The trend is consolidated and no longer tied to the imposition of social distancing. It cannot be said that the changes have come to an end, but the most drastic breakdowns of models have already occurred and revealed the advantages of their implementation, especially through periodic adjustments aimed at the ideal balance point for each company.

A Microsoft survey on work trends for 2022, with data collected in 31 countries, showed that, in Brazil, 58% of professionals were considering switching to hybrid or remote work and 51% of workers worldwide were considering adopting the regime. totally remote. For 53% of professionals in the world, health and wellness became priorities, and in Brazil, this index reached 71%, the highest among all countries.

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