To make your remote team cooperative, swift, and productive, it’s essential to choose the proper management strategy that helps to cope with all the downsides of the remote. Here’s a brief advice list for all the interested.  1. Find the alternative for the fixed schedule. If your team members live in different world corners, they won’t be able to work productively at the exact same hours — because when your Romanian specialist is finishing their morning tea, a professional working for you from the USA has just laid their head on the pillow, craving for sound night sleep. Flexibility in the question of working hours helps your team keep work/life balance and boosts their happiness. 2. Find virtual team management training and learn about new trends and helpful techniques. Remote management tools, teambuilding, sharing responsibilities, overcoming cultural differences — issues to study are plenty. 3. Think over the full-scale reward mechanism to create a competitive environment. Working remotely often means feeling a lack of competitive spirit. Don’t allow your team to slack and lag. 4. Organize team meetings during the most suitable hours. Make a chart with all the time zones of your employees and try to find an ideal overlap. 5. Maintain regular 1/1 and group meetings to discuss progress reports. Don’t be authoritarian — be caring and attentive. 6. Use team management tools. Try out several possibilities until you pick up the most suitable one. 7. Nurture a virtual team culture. If you can’t meet in the office, make it possible to see each other at least virtually (and informally). Don’t separate the virtual part of your team from the non-virtual one (with a possibility of offline meetings). Make everyone equal. If you’re meeting offline, try to organize an online connection too.