Comments on: How do you train and develop remote employees? http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/ Business, Culture & Technology Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Ferdinandi http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-13324 Chris Ferdinandi Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:33:49 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=3209#comment-13324 @Jason, thanks for the insight! @Jason, thanks for the insight!

]]> By: Jason Davis http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-13323 Jason Davis Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:31:22 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=3209#comment-13323 Chris, People will only use the forums for one of two reasons: 1) the company incentivizes them to contribute or 2) they find real value in the exchange on the board. I'd like to think we do both. Because of (1), a poster will get a very active discussion going quickly on the board, which often allows them to find the solution/template/code, etc. that they need to deliver to a client. With regard to incentive, we have a semi-annual consultant review process. One (of 12) areas covers "Intellectual Capital Contributions". Consultants are rated on a likert scale ranging from N/A to 4 and cumulative points help the organization determine promotion as well as play into comp incentives like equity, management compensation, and profit sharing. Hope this helps. BTW - still want to reply to your e-mail, just been a crazy week/weekend. We will catch up this week. Jason Chris,

People will only use the forums for one of two reasons: 1) the company incentivizes them to contribute or 2) they find real value in the exchange on the board.

I’d like to think we do both. Because of (1), a poster will get a very active discussion going quickly on the board, which often allows them to find the solution/template/code, etc. that they need to deliver to a client.

With regard to incentive, we have a semi-annual consultant review process. One (of 12) areas covers “Intellectual Capital Contributions”. Consultants are rated on a likert scale ranging from N/A to 4 and cumulative points help the organization determine promotion as well as play into comp incentives like equity, management compensation, and profit sharing.

Hope this helps.

BTW – still want to reply to your e-mail, just been a crazy week/weekend. We will catch up this week.

Jason

]]> By: Chris Ferdinandi http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-13319 Chris Ferdinandi Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:02:23 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=3209#comment-13319 @Jason - Thanks for the info! Have you found that people were quick to start using the forums, or did you need to create incentives to get people to go there? EMC has something similar. It's quite popular with certain pockets of people, and not as much with others. I'm hoping to figure out a few ways to get everyone more involved. @Jason – Thanks for the info! Have you found that people were quick to start using the forums, or did you need to create incentives to get people to go there?

EMC has something similar. It’s quite popular with certain pockets of people, and not as much with others. I’m hoping to figure out a few ways to get everyone more involved.

]]> By: Jason Davis http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-13313 Jason Davis Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:51:14 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=3209#comment-13313 Chris, Our small consulting firm has 5 regional offices and there are incentives to contribute to a collaborative culture. One tool we use is a forum accessible by all where people can start threads that are organized in different areas (i.e. Project Management, Business Intelligence, Non-Business, etc). People can sign up for e-mail notifications for all or some of the groups. It's been an effective tool for idea sharing and thought leadership discussions to share intellectual capital across offices without being co-located. Jason Davis Chris,

Our small consulting firm has 5 regional offices and there are incentives to contribute to a collaborative culture. One tool we use is a forum accessible by all where people can start threads that are organized in different areas (i.e. Project Management, Business Intelligence, Non-Business, etc). People can sign up for e-mail notifications for all or some of the groups.

It’s been an effective tool for idea sharing and thought leadership discussions to share intellectual capital across offices without being co-located.

Jason Davis

]]> By: Jess Booth http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-12887 Jess Booth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:29 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=3209#comment-12887 To be honest it was a few years ago and in hindsight was a bit clunky. There were online forums where people started threads etc, but these days with all the social media tools available it could be amazing what could be achieved- particularly as I was studying with people all across the world- and I only found that out because we introduced ourselves online :) *interwebs magic* To be honest it was a few years ago and in hindsight was a bit clunky. There were online forums where people started threads etc, but these days with all the social media tools available it could be amazing what could be achieved- particularly as I was studying with people all across the world- and I only found that out because we introduced ourselves online :)

*interwebs magic*

]]> By: Chris Ferdinandi http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-12864 Chris Ferdinandi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:01:45 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=3209#comment-12864 Jess, thanks for the insights! Were you able to get interaction from an online Master's program? If so, how? Jess, thanks for the insights! Were you able to get interaction from an online Master’s program? If so, how?

]]> By: Jess Booth http://renegadehr.net/how-do-you-train-and-develop-remote-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-12849 Jess Booth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:25:55 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=3209#comment-12849 Hey Chris, Yeah EMC does have an awesome network. Joel's dad was telling me how someone found a bone marrow match via the EMC global network! With regards to training and developing remote employees, its important to find out how people want to learn and talk about their personal development- and use a variety of medium to do it. Get creative and see what your people come up with- don't force everything online if the applications are slow or frustrating or if it is not what people want. A lot of it for me is about the interaction with others. I studied a Masters online via distance at UTS and thought it was great. Best of luck! Jess Hey Chris,

Yeah EMC does have an awesome network. Joel’s dad was telling me how someone found a bone marrow match via the EMC global network!

With regards to training and developing remote employees, its important to find out how people want to learn and talk about their personal development- and use a variety of medium to do it.

Get creative and see what your people come up with- don’t force everything online if the applications are slow or frustrating or if it is not what people want.

A lot of it for me is about the interaction with others. I studied a Masters online via distance at UTS and thought it was great.

Best of luck!

Jess

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