A content management system is a great first step toward providing structure to document creation and management. But it only addresses a fraction of the needs and challenges related to content management—especially within a remote work environment.

As remote work adoption reaches new heights for businesses around the globe, business leaders are worried about the limited monitoring and oversight created by this distant work arrangement. 

For our HR department, the past months have felt like an Olympic track and field event. Leaping over hurdles comes to mind as the challenges associated with this crisis have been so diverse.

Successful remote working arrangements require the right software solutions to support day-to-day business operations. Though remote work offers benefits to both businesses and their employees, both parties can only realize these benefits if remote work enables the same productivity as a traditional work environment—while also leveraging the efficiencies of remote work arrangements.

The coronavirus pandemic forced many businesses around the world to adopt remote work security policies almost overnight. Now, even as some cities and states across the country start to loosen restrictions and allow business operations to return to normal, some companies are choosing to stick with remote work as a permanent option for their workers.

Adopters of this trend include Silicon Valley companies like Facebook and Twitter, but businesses of all shapes and sizes are realizing that business can proceed more or less as “normal” even when working from home. One of the biggest challenges of this transition is implementing security standards to govern a new remote workforce.

The discussion around remote work began when stay-at-home orders were enacted in March and has persisted long after those sanctions have been lifted. Employees have continued to work from home despite city and state reopening’s, suggesting that remote work is here to stay. To prepare for the future of remote work, it is important that businesses provide clear guidance for their remote workforce that is in line with their company values. Whether your company is expanding its investment in remote work, or embracing it for the first time, a comprehensive Remote Work Policy is essential to ensuring employees’ success, regardless of their location.

The transition to remote work can be burdensome for any organization—especially those engineering changes almost overnight.