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As the coronavirus pandemic finally starts to settle down a bit, the world has been slowly going back to normality. But still, many companies plan on continuing remote work for the foreseeable future. For many organizations and industries, this may remain a permanent part of the modern workplace.
Many companies have realized that remote work is a win-win situation for both employers and employees. So they now prefer remote work over the old way of working.
The only issue that companies face is that they find it hard to manage their remote workers. Managers and team leaders are unable to create a cohesive remote team with their organization.
In this blog post, we will explain how you can create a cohesive remote work team for your company.
Guidelines For Creating A Cohesive Remote Team
It is important that a company creates a cohesive remote team. You can do this by arranging activities that can encourage the employees to bond. Ultimately this will make them work well together and all of them will feel more valuable. This will help you to make a successful remote team.
The activities should not be:
- Overly lengthy
- Complicated
- Costly
- Cringe-worthy (Past embarrassments are a reason why many employees groan at the thought of team building.)
But instead, the activities should be:
- Shorter in duration
- Simple
- Inexpensive (or better yet, free)
- Fun
When you implement such things with the aforementioned criteria, team building will introduce levity in the online workplace and enable the co-workers to get to know each other more.
This will make each member of the team look at each other as people they can bond with and not just as someone who comes to work and is part of their team.
The team will start to see each other as individuals with unique hobbies, interests, and talents. So, all of this will create a friendly environment and will make the virtual team one cohesive unit.
Here are some technologies that you can use to make the team a cohesive unit.
Technology
If your company is working online then it is important that you regularly conduct conference calls online. It is essential that employees see each other and interact with one other face to face.
Apart from video conferencing, there are many other technologies that you can use to reduce the perception of distance between your remote workers. Other technologies that you can use include:
- Technology platforms (e.g. Slack, Microsoft Teams) through which people can post messages, chat, and share pictures.
- Social media (e.g., private Facebook chat groups or something similar)
These platforms promote direct communication between team members and help you to create an online office environment.
Schedule Regular Meetings
The best way to make your team feel a real sense of familiarity with one another is by scheduling meetings at least once per week. You should schedule both:
- One-on-one meetings with direct reports
- Team meetings
While scheduling meetings you should allot time in each meeting for personal discussion and small talk, during which the employees can talk about what’s going on with them at work.
Also, make sure that when you schedule such meetings keep in mind the different time zones of your remote employees. Scheduling meetings at odd hours will not have a positive effect on your employees.
Host Virtual Events
Many companies think that since their employees are working online there will be no events. But who says that you can’t throw events in a virtual environment.
If you can host meetings for work then why can’t you do meetings to socialize and strengthen the relationships among your colleagues.
Virtual events will help you strengthen the relationships among your team members and help you be a cohesive team.
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