The Best Strategies for Successfully Managing Global Teams

Gone are the times when distance dictates who you work with. In today’s world, distance, borders, and oceans are no longer barriers faced by employers or employees. It is becoming increasingly common to work with individuals in different cities, states, and even countries. When managing a global team, there are additional challenges that must be considered. Let us show you how to navigate them successfully:

1. Welcome Diversity: Hiring top talent from around the world provides the opportunity to foster a diverse workforce. Organizations that embrace diversity see many benefits that they would not be able to tap into as quickly. By leveraging the cultural differences of a global team, an organization can increase creativity and innovation and experience more comprehensive decision-making due to the diverse mix of backgrounds, knowledge, skills, and experience. Not to mention higher financial returns and increased performance.
   • Managing Diversity with SutiHR: The cloud-based platform has the ability to maintain multiple business units with their own unique rules, policies, and configurations to meet local compliance requirements.
2. Communicate Effectively: When managing a global team, communication becomes even more essential to the success of the team. In today’s world, there are a number of communication tools that can keep the global team connected. Some of these tools are Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Skype. By leveraging these tools, a global team can schedule regular meetings and ensure that communication keeps flowing.
   • SutiHR APIs: SutiHR makes integration with third-party applications seamless with our APIs.
3. Establish Clear Goals and Expectations: Keeping a team on the same page and focused on a single goal can be challenging when all the team members work in the same office. Now add the additional layers of distance, time zones, and language barriers that come with a global team, and the need for clear goals and expectations is paramount. By setting clear, measurable goals and expectations for each team member and for the team as a whole, you will ensure alignment within the team, no matter where its members are geographically located.
   • Performance & GoalManagement with SutiHR: The online solution makes managing individual, team, and business goals a breeze. With the performance and goal management modules, a global team manager can establish goals with all of their employees and align them with the individual, the team, and even with the organization’s strategic goals. SutiHR makes monitoring the progress each team member is making with their goals easily accessible on the goal management dashboard. Not to mention the ability to schedule meetings within the HRIS with each team member individually or in a group.
4. Build Trust through Engagement: Without trust, progress will be slow. It is essential to have trust in any team and to foster collaborative relationships. With a global team, this becomes even more important in ensuring success. Trust and relationships can be built through virtual team-building activities and regular check-ins.
   • Employee Engagement with SutiHR: With SutiHR, team members can connect with their colleagues, whether near or far. The solution allows employees to send birthday and anniversary wishes to each other. Organizational leadership can communicate important information, announcements, and even company events to their global workforce through the HRIS platform. These announcements and other communications will be visible on the MyHR Dashboard and can be pushed to the SutiHR mobile app and email addresses on record.
5. Technology, Technology, Technology: When managing a global team, technology is essential. With the right technology, utilized the right way, managers can effectively manage, guide, and ensure the success of their team.
   • Streamline with SutiHR: The platform streamlines HR processes, ensuring the global team remains connected, compliant, and engaged. It manages every aspect of workforce management, from hiring to retirement. With a comprehensive HR platform, the complexities of managing a global workforce are simplified.

Conclusion

Managing a global workforce may seem overwhelming and daunting, but with SutiHR this challenge can be turned into an opportunity. By embracing diversity, leveraging technology like SutiHR and ensuring strong communication any global team can be turned into a innovative powerhouse of productivity and success. By utilizing the right strategies and technologies a global team can transcend borders and achieve great things.