Contributor Nauman Jaffar (Extracts from Forbes Magazine by Mark Murphy)

            Am I wrong or can you make remote workers more productive than those in office? Love to hear your comments.

               I have had a number of discussions with folks who still believe that remote workers are not productive – I beg to disagree. Like anything in life – there are significant advantages for both employer and employee.

                Out of sight, out of mind? Put another way, “if you are remote, the will they forget about you, will stop getting priority initiatives, will lose out on learning and growth opportunities?”

                 If your leader does not see you on a regular basis, it’s natural to wonder if they’re actively thinking about you. After all, you might think, they could see lots of employees every day and have all sorts of great lunches and water cooler conversations. And if you were the boss, and had to choose someone for your next wickedly cool assignment with terrific growth opportunities, might not you be more likely to choose the person with whom you share a daily chat or coffee? 

             Simple; every month, you need to have a 4-part conversation with remote employees (you can do it over the phone or video conference). It’s a conversation designed to both keep remote employees growing, and, to help remote employees recognize that they’re still growing and developing. (And yes, ‘actually’ growing and ‘recognizing’ that you’re growing are two distinct issues).

Here is a video of an American Billionaire on how he manages to keep his employees happy