The world is a really fascinating place with a lot of things to admire. These are things like time which are common place but they add glee to the world. There is the issue of time zones which every business person needs to understand. Time zones can affect the performance of your business team if you are not careful. Of course, this is only if you have a team that is spread across various parts of the world. Therefore, while you are in the business of finding a currency converter you should be trying to figure out how you are going to manage your team effectively.

Get yourself a time converter

Finding a time converter is so easy. In fact, you can get the local time in a different city by simply using Google. However, for a more professional tool, you should check out websites like the timenow.com. This site has one of the finest time converters as well as a currency converter that you can take advantage of. The first step to managing a global team is to get a clear understanding of the time separation that is between you and others.

You should encourage your team to interact with each other to encourage an appreciation of the time differences. When you do not see a person during that teleconference meeting that you are having, you will have an understanding that they fell asleep or something. However, this should not happen if you employ the following tips to keep your business team running.

  1. Discuss ideal meeting times

What is the best time for you to have your meetings? The best time is that which is ideal for everyone. One thing that will discourage people is forcing them to be in meetings well past the witching hour. Most people do not know that the hours after midnight even exist, thus you should avoid setting meeting times for your team to be at hours past 10pm.

  1. Vary the meeting times

It is not possible to please everyone. Therefore you should vary the meeting times. Set several meeting times that all people should be prepared for. If you are going to have three monthly meetings, set one to be early in the morning, another at noon and another in the night. Each person’s time needs will be catered for because they will each have a meeting in the morning, noon and night once per year.

  1. Get sleep

Even if you are the team leader, you do not have to be in attendance at all times. Delegate some duties and get yourself some rest. Managing a global team is not a competition to see who can work longest. Therefore, if you are spent, you should take some time and rest. Do not make this a habit though.

  1. Be consistent

No meeting should be cancelled because of reasons like people are not available or such. Unless there is an internet failure worldwide, you should have meetings at the specified time. Team members should be encouraged to attend unless, they are critically ill or they are attending to emergencies.

By Eddy

Eddy is the editorial columnist in Business Fundas, and oversees partner relationships. He posts articles of partners on various topics related to strategy, marketing, supply chain, technology management, social media, e-business, finance, economics and operations management. The articles posted are copyrighted under a Creative Commons unported license 4.0. To contact him, please direct your emails to [email protected].