Motivating your outsourced offshore team
How do you sustain the interest of your new outsource team? Here are ways to keep the team passionate about providing you with top-quality service.
The success of a business relationship between a company and an outsource vendor depends on how well the delivery team implements projects on-time and on-budget. But while these three items present only the quantitative facet of this relationship, the dedication and professionalism of the outsource team sometimes tell a different story.
Establishing a new relationship with your new outsource team is important to the success of your venture. How do you sustain the outsource team’s interest in your project? What will keep them passionate about providing you with top-quality service? Will you keep the top outsource performers?
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Mentoring has become a strategic learning activity, both for the mentor and the mentee. Do you have what it takes be a good mentor?
Guiding a baby in her first walk, or demonstrating to a child how to ride a bike, or telling a son or daughter the challenges of teenage crush are just a few of the everyday mentoring parents or older people do.
Although largely associated with academic teaching, mentoring is actually in all aspects of learning—having been recognized as a valuable factor in the way a person acquires knowledge and skills. In business, mentoring has become a strategic learning activity as it is proven to enhance individual as well as organizational competency.
In management, mentoring is referred…
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