When I decided to start my
own venture the main challenge was to have an office space and an efficient
team including highly creative content developers, experienced teachers, website
developers and expert data entry people etc. Having all under one roof was an
uphill task for me so I decided to hire a virtual team. This helped me to bring
together the experts and specialists from across the globe to work together on
our project.
Working online means that
your staff can reside anywhere, but it also means that you must need to become
part of their day. You need them to know that you are always available even
though they can’t see you. It wasn’t easy to develop trust in a virtual team so
I decided to allot work in the form of small assignments and this really helped
me to develop trust in each other. As our physical locations were different so
we overcame the communication
challenges by doing video conferencing, phone discussions and
detailed email updates.
The main advantage of having
a virtual team is that both employers and employees have flexibility to work
and it also reduces time to market. Another benefit of having a virtual team is
cost savings and the organization can avoid huge expenses on real estate,
office spaces, utilities bills and executives’ travel. Thus production cost
also decreases if you have a virtual team.
While making a virtual
team this is highly important to ensure that you both are in agreement
regarding scope of work, job expectations and roles. It is really helpful for teams to establish norms upfront hence I
defined clear expectations related to working
hours.
If implemented effectively,
a virtual team has many benefits for your startup and can be the ideal solution
for many of the businesses. Studies
confirm that virtual teams often offer better work outcomes than conventional
work teams.
By:
Monica Singhal
(Founder
of Eduprash learning)
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