30 Tools for Managing a Remote Team

By Josh Ledgard

So, you’re managing a distributed team with members who live everywhere from Hong Kong to Kalamazoo. Congratulations, you’re among the first group of humans in history to work this way. Because you’re the first generation to work remotely, there’s no manual – but there are plenty of questions, such as:

• How do you make sure that everyone’s on the same page when you’re not in the same room (or even the same continent) at the same time?
• How do you manage time across multiple timezones?
• How do you collaborate and brainstorm with each other?
• How do you recognize and reward team members?

#21stCenturyProblems

Just because there’s no manual doesn’t mean there are no tools. In fact, there are at least 30 of them. We’ve listed our favorite tools for remote team management below. What’s great is that most of these team management tools are affordable and easy…