"Going the Distance: Effectively Managing Remote Workers" focused on successful tactics for managing, enabling, and communicating with remote workers. Agency representatives discussed how managers can communicate with remote staff, set performance objectives, define criteria, deliverables, and deadlines, as well as how to evaluate remote employees' performance.
Attendees Learned:
- How to set effective performance objectives, including goals and deadlines, and case examples of productivity measurement
- Steps necessary to evaluate remote workforce performance
- How managers utilize technology to keep open lines of communication with remote staff
- Available technology that enables effective management and maintains normal business operations for teleworkers
Panelists:
- Cindy Auten [Moderator], General Manager, Telework Exchange
- Susan Boosinger, Worklife Program Manager, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Bobby Caudill, Solution Architect, Global Government Solutions, Adobe
- Albert Crowhurst, Regional Manager for the Division of Information Technology, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
