SUPPORTING THE REMOTE WORKFORCE FIVE TIPS FOR LEADING A REMOTE TEAM

With a few tips, remote teams can succeed just as well—and sometimes even better—than those in offices, and save companies up to $16.4M per 1,000 employees per year.1

1. MAKE YOUR EXPECTATIONS CLEAR UP FRONT. Let your teams know that you understand there will be some fine-tuning before they establish the same rhythms they had in the office. Additionally, let them know that once the kinks are worked out, you expect that their great collaboration will continue.

2. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COLLABORATION TOOLS. With remote teams, tracking project tasks and status is paramount. Take advantage of tools such as Trello*, Jira* or Github so each team member knows what they’re supposed to focus on.

3. TRY TO LIMIT VIDEO CONFERENCING WITH CAMERAS ON. While video conferencing is helpful for seeing coworkers once or twice a day—a recent New York Times’ article also talked about the psychological strain of reading facial cues through video latency2. Let your team know it’s okay to have their cameras off and simply listen closely.

4. USE MESSENGER PLATFORMS FOR CONVERSATIONS AND HIGH FIVES. Whether you use Microsoft Teams*, Slack*, or Cisco Jabber*, messenger platforms enable teams to chat in real time, fostering innovation and allowing questions to get answered quickly.

5. CHOOSE THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY. You can help to keep your team safe and healthy by choosing the right devices. Select ThinkPad® T490 i models and soon-to-be-released ThinkPad® T14 i models feature an ISO 22196-compliant antimicrobial surface treatment, which renders it inhospitable to bacteria and viruses, including Escherichia coli (E. coli), Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and norovirus.

Reach out to your preferred distributor or sales representative for help solving your unique remote workplace challenges.

1 LinkedIn, “Companies who Embrace Remote Work will Replace Every Company who Doesn’t,” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/companies-who-embrace- remote-work-replace-every-company-chris-herd/ 2 The New York Times, “Why Zoom Is Terrible,” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/sunday-review/zoom-video-conference.html  Copyright © 2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, and vPro are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.  Lenovo Corporation © 2020. All rights reserved. Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and ThinkPad are trademarks of Lenovo Corporation. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 0620/ET/OCG/PDF