Communicate regularly and effectively. Having face-to-face interactions helps. If you meet them personally, say once or twice a year, it works wonders in fostering the connection between you and your team. Building socialization platforms and creating opportunities for informal conversations is also a good idea. Team building sessions also help. Gaming sessions and co-worker trivia can come in handy when establishing a better relationship with your remote team.

2.Time Zone and Cultural Conflicts: Distributed teams come with cultural, tone and body language differences. Since your team is sitting in a different country and time zone, you need to acknowledge their culture and local ethnicity. They speak a different language, follow different holiday schedule and follow different religious beliefs. You need to take all of these into consideration while working with people sitting in different continents. As for the time zone, if you are available at 4 PM EST, you can’t expect your team, say in Bulgaria, to be available at the same time as it is 11 PM their time! This difference also makes it difficult to address roadblocks or answer questions when they come up.



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