Provide them with the tools to perform their jobs, like cloud-based technology and instant messaging

Expect them to complete and mail paperwork back and forth to one another

Provide an unlimited travel budget for them to meet in person as often as needed

Expect them to talk on a landline telephone during their workday to keep in touch

Send out an email containing members' work hours, the vacation policy, call-off procedures, and contact information

Create performance plans/goals on the first day and hold the team members to tight performance expectations

Advise the members only to contact you as needed since you are heavily scheduled and have a lot of work to accomplish

Host an in-person or virtual introductory meeting and foster a culture of trust

Choose employees who are new to the company

Assume that good employees want to work from home

Believe that employees who value working in their pajamas will be goal-oriented and responsible

Choose employees who have successfully worked remotely in the past

Clarify the main points

Interrupt as you see fit

Ask relevant questions

Paraphrase the team members' thoughts

Employees who work in the same building for the same department.

A group of employees who work remotely but together on projects.

A group of employees within a company from different departments working on a project.

Employees who work for one team/manager but also have a dotted line reporting relationship to a second manager.