Can This Tool Solve HR’s Biggest Remote Work Challenges?
An “Under-the-Hood” Look at Insightful
Managing people is complex. Managing people remotely? That’s multiple degrees harder. That’s why HR is arguably the most important department in any business.
But what if managing remotely didn’t have to be any more complex than managing in person?
As an HR leader responsible for employee wellbeing, compliance, and engagement, remote work poses unique operational challenges, especially around visibility and accountability.
But what if technology like Insightful.io could simplify the challenges HR faces related to remote work, making it as clear and effective as in-office leadership?
Just Do Away With Remote Work, Some Say…
If only it were that easy.
Remote work is now an expectation, often a demand. However, it often clashes with executive goals, leaving HR caught in the middle.
You most likely know that remote work is good for your people. They know it too: 85% of Americans prefer remote options. Then there are the benefits to your company, like the $11,000 in savings companies enjoy per employee who works remotely
Remote Work: A Challenge for HR
Many companies support remote work for employee wellbeing—but it creates operational challenges HR must navigate.
It may seem like company leaders are left with two suboptimal choices:
- Enforce RTO and risk greater disengagement and losing talent
- Allow remote work and accept the challenges
Neither is ideal.
Part of the reason this duality of choices has persisted is that 64% of managers report lacking the tools to manage remote workers.
Fortunately, new tech offers a better third option. Read on to explore why HR leaders are turning to remote work software to do remote work without the challenges.
The 4 Biggest Remote Work Challenges for HR And How Insightful Solves Them
So, how do you give modern employees the remote work they crave, without compromising on what’s best for the company? Technology could be the answer.
Let’s take a look at how Insightful helps HR leaders more easily and effectively manage remote employees by addressing their biggest challenges
Challenge #1 - Distance Clouds Visibility
Without visibility into remote teams, it's like navigating in a snowstorm. Accountability suffers, and with it, engagement and performance.
When this happens, accountability fades, burnout risk increases, and decision-making suffers. The results of each eventually make their way to HR.
How Insightful Solves It:
Provides HR with clear, real-time visibility into employee workflows and how time is used.
Simplifies HR’s operational decision-making via transparent activity insights remotely.
Early-warning alerts about unusual work patterns before KPIs slip.
Challenge #2 – Work Policy Compliance and Security
For most HR teams, compliance isn’t failing because of a lack of effort; it’s failing because of disparate data and a lack of daily visibility into remote work.
A lack of remote visibility heightens non-adherence to work policies and schedules, making enforcement and auditing significantly more challenging.
How Insightful Solves It:
Automates policy monitoring and generates streamlined audit-ready compliance reports.
Offers HR clear, centralized visibility into compliance, policy adherence, and data security
Coaching and suggested next actions in-product to guide teams in real-time, not via rear-view reports.
Challenge #3 – Employee Engagement and Productivity
Without data and visibility into remote work, managing productivity and engagement becomes challenging.
The risk of at-home distractions leads to lost focus, idle time, and disconnected workflows – all of which compromise productivity and engagement.
How Insightful Solves It:
Delivers real-time insights into employee productivity and engagement.
Enables HR to proactively identify and replicate best practices across teams
Clearly visualize project timelines and coach employees on time use.
Challenge #4 – Work-Life Balance and Employee Wellbeing
When home becomes the office, boundaries blur. While employees may think that working longer hours or missing breaks is beneficial to the company, in the long term, this approach isn’t effective.
When boundaries aren’t enforced, diminished employee wellbeing, absenteeism, and burnout often follow. And so does increased churn.
How Insightful Solves It:
Daily burnout-risk scores by team and individual spot risk early to keep talent safe.
AI workload-shift recommendations for managers and HR help balance workloads.
Spot missed breaks, excessive overtime, and unusual work habits to facilitate targeted wellbeing interventions
Remote Can Be Your Tactical Advantage – If You Do It Right
The demand for remote work isn’t going away. The real question is: How can we work remotely most effectively?
Thankfully, with the visibility that workforce intelligence technology like Insightful brings, remote work can be accountable, compliant, and designed with employee wellbeing at the heart of it.
Insightful: Remote Accountability That Exceeds In-Person Visibility
No solution erases every remote work challenge.
But Insightful’s workforce intelligence is for leaders who struggle to prove and improve remote work and need clarity into how work happens in their distributed teams.
Insightful gives HR and leadership the clarity and confidence to support flexible work while maintaining accountability, engagement, and culture.
And that’s a big win for any HR team.
