Training at a distance? Don’t even try, warn CEOs

1/18/2012 5:23:47 PM

MoneyWatch’s Laura Vanderkam recently spoke with Mom Corps CEO, Allison O’Kelly, on the way she successfully onboards her virtual workforce.

As a manager of remote employees, you no doubt know day-to-day communication can sometimes be difficult. That’s true even for team members you’ve worked with for months or years. So how much more difficult is it to keep information flowing when the distant person you’re attempting to work with is brand new to the organization?

Onboarding any employee into a company can be tricky, and as we’ve covered here on WebWorkerDaily before, getting new virtual employees up to speed is even trickier. In fact, the process has so many potential pitfalls that some experts on remote work recommend you skip it entirely, opting instead to train your remote workers face-to-face.  Full Article

By Jessica Stillman

CNNMoney