- Stand ups for 15-30 minutes in the morning.
- I screen share a Google form I made that asks three questions and I fill out for the team to see what each response is.
- What did you do yesterday? What are you doing today? Anything blocking you?
- The answers get put into a spreadsheet that myself or upper management can review progress on performance and services.
- If I’m unavailable to hold the daily check in, my team fills out the form on their own. If they don’t fill it out for the day, there’s a record they didn’t spend the five minutes to fill it out.
- I have weekly 1 to 1 meetings with the individuals to check in on how they’re doing with work, career development, anything they want to talk about, and how personal life is going.
It’s working out well for me. I also schedule a once a week meeting on Jira tickets to see where status is at on any lingering issues the team can’t address.
Overall I put enough in front of my team that I can track progress and ensure they’re doing their part while working from home. This way I avoid needing to be on zoom all day. I do leave the option open for my team to Zoom me if they urgently need me to help.