#5 on our Top 7 list of new workplace changes for the 21st century is supervising from a distance.
From our 400 attendee NineShift presentation last month in Sacramento for a California state agency, we continue with our list of new workplace skills and activities.
This has to be one of the biggest ones. Hard to think of a supervisor or manager who will not be managing someone from a distance. The simple basics: 1) Rewrite job descriptions to be outcome oriented; 2) Have staff do a written report online once a week; 3) Supervise based on the weekly report; and 4) You post what a person is to do (tasks, responsibilities) online so it is writing as well.
Snake swimming. No worries, there are no poisonous snakes in northern Wisconsin. In fact, no animal will hurt you.
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