When you need visibility into your team's work, how do you stay informed without micromanaging? 

We utilize a collaborate work management tool to stay informed. In our case that is Asana and we always say Asana has helped to "make the invisible visible" in that most of our team is fully remote so others don't see the former whiteboards and other items that people used to display in their offices or cubicles with their work items. So that "Digital Transparency" of those former white boards list of 'to dos' is helpful to us while remote.

Set Bi-Weekly and Quarterly goals with team, track progress against. For individuals, 360 feedback quarterly from team members. Also ask to have individuals share at least 3-4 times a year what they incorporated as new to their work with intent to improve.

Use dashboard to track project and product portfolio, requesting to be updated at least once a month and other for Business as Usual operations at least weekly updates. Then, if gaps or want to change directions on something, use scheduled "deep dives" for each area. Where team will need to provide Start-Stop-Continue type of updates, review KPIs, and key initiatives they are working on, etc.