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    The Tricks and Secrets to Mastering a Remote Workforce

    Maintaining an all-remote workforce is no longer a fringe notion. But you have to do it thoughtfully.
    by Elizabeth Dunn Sep 01, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Viktor Koen
    Viktor Koen

    Robert Glazer didn’t set out to build a 100 percent remote workforce. But in 2007, while forming his company, Acceleration Partners, he realized two things: One, fierce competition in hubs like New York and San Francisco had driven the salaries of even less-desirable candidates through the roof; and two, there was untapped talent in Acceleration’s niche field of affiliate marketing across the country.

    Related: How to Keep Your Remote Workforce From Growing Distant

    So Glazer began figuring out how to run a company flexible enough to hire workers who could work remotely. Back then, this was a rarity. Telecommuting was a concession you might make to individual workers, not a corporate strategy. There were few established protocols for making it work

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