In other words, find the hot button of senior management and push it. The second is forming partnerships with other areas of the organization to create a multi-dimensional team approach to telecommuting. This way telecommuting won't be viewed as another program, it will be viewed as a cross-organization business objective. Return to FAQ 11. Managers are dealing with constant change.
Telecommuting can sometimes cause managers to be overwhelmed with trust and control issues.
These fears of telecommuting are perfectly understandable due to the management shifts that a company with a telecommuting program. Managers that have training in industrial age management vs., information age management, usually adapt quicker to managing telecommuters. Return to FAQ 12. Many times employee surveys on telecommuting participation will yield a high interest level for an upcoming roll-out strategy. Employees are usually very interested in telecommuting but once asked to participate they can become resistant because of fear of career sabotage.