20 Inspirational Quotes for Remote Teams
A while ago, working from home wasn’t an option. Traditional 9 to 5 jobs were the only thing acceptable. However, recently, companies have started realizing that it’s more important to have loyal employees who deliver what they promise than having them sit in an office for eight hours. It’s more important to be productive and finish the project on time than to count for how long your employees have been in the office. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
Finding and retaining top talent is hard, and companies all over the world are trying to find ways to decrease their turnover rate. Offering bonuses, and raising salaries are no longer the most important things when it comes to retaining employees. Companies have started offering various benefits, such as unlimited vacations (unlimited PTO) and the possibility of working remotely.
Remote teams are getting more and more popular, however, some managers struggle with effective management in these environments. Needless to say, communication is the key. In order to have successful remote teams, you need to communicate what’s expected from them clearly and let them know what’s going on with the company.
These 20 inspirational quotes will help you embrace remote work, and realize how beneficial it can be. Remote teams are the future, wouldn’t you agree?
“Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.” — Brian Tracy
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” — Henry Ford
“In teamwork, silence isn’t golden, it’s deadly.” — Mark Sanborn
“In union there is strength.” — Aesop
“There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.” — George Shinn
“It doesn’t take strength to win. It takes the true heart of the team to win.” — Emily Voyles
“With an enthusiastic team, you can achieve almost anything” — Tahir Shah
“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.” — John Wooden
“Trust is knowing that when a team member pushes you, they are doing it because they care about the team” — Patrick Lencioni
“We like to give people the freedom to work where they want, safe in the knowledge that they have the drive and expertise to perform excellently, whether they [are] at their desk or in their kitchen. Yours truly has never worked out of an office, and never will.” — Richard Branson
“To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.” — John C. Maxwell
“People today really value workplace flexibility and remote work because it allows them to focus their energies on work and life as opposed to commuting or other complications due to geography.” — Ken Matos
“When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.” — Joe Paterno
“We need to take a more flexible approach to both the workplace and the work we do; one that provides us both the physical and cognitive space to harness the incredible power, insight and experience we offer, but focused not on the individual processes but instead on the overall outcomes our organizations are seeking to achieve.” — David Coplin
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller
“Workers at 37signals needn’t ask permission to go on vacation or specify how much time they’ll take. We tell them: just be reasonable, put it on the calendar, and coordinate with your coworkers. If you let them, humans have an amazing power to live up to your high expectations of reasonableness and responsibility.” — David Heinemeier Hansson
“A leader must inspire or his team will expire.” — Orrin Woodward
“A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.” — Japanese Proverb
“In the right roles and with the right people, flex does offer tremendous productivity improvement. It gives people time to process properly, and it gets them out of the office in terms of being bogged down in day-to-day admin. So there is more thought leadership that comes to the table, and that’s where your creativity and innovation come in.” — Osman Khan
“If you’ve got development centers all over the world, you’ve got a sales force out with the customers, the fact that tools like Skype [and] digital collaboration are letting people work better at a distance — that is a wonderful thing.” — Bill Gates
Being a part of a remote team can be a truly wonderful experience, as long as the communication is transparent, and everyone is valued. Even though the employees are not in the same office, they are still part of the same team and need to work together in order to achieve goals.
Luckily, there are many tools out there created to help remote teams function properly. From vacation tracking softwares, to project management tools, we have it all. It’s all about open communication, effective tools, and good management.
