7 ways to keep your team together while working remotely

As working from home becomes the new normal for a lot of us, we look at what you can do to ensure your team stays connected and motivated from their home offices. Here’s what you need to know when it comes to building – and bonding – a team of remote workers.

Your employees should know that, just because they are out of sight, they're not out of mind. Demonstrate a commitment to their wellbeing by inviting them to one-on-one calls at regular intervals and conduct appraisals and reviews just as you would if you were sitting in the same office. Listen to any requests and try to support them where possible, that might mean offering flexible working hours to fit around childcare commitments or calls with team members and customers in different time zones.

Asana, Trello and Yammer are great project management tools that can lend a hand when it comes to sharing knowledge and reports. They break down work into bite-sized chunks and allocate responsibilities to specific people or departments, so they're a great way of boosting productivity and streamlining projects. They'll help you all be able to focus on what needs to be prioritised, while you’ll get a sense of how everyone is managing their time and be in a position to step in before a small hitch turns into a big delay.

Just as we use What’sApp to share information (and pictures of cats) with friends and family, there’s a huge range of digital tools and services that can support professional communications. Use an instant messaging platform like Slack to keep everyone up-to-date on specific projects and clients, and Zoom for ‘face-to-face’ phone calls and video conferencing ¬– this is especially useful as it lets you share your screen with others, as well as record conversations that can later be shared with people who weren't able to there.

Team and department catch-ups are the perfect opportunity to make ‘good news’ announcements – like a business win that will have a positive impact on motivation, information about a recent hire or general updates that are relevant to your industry. Anything that will make remote workers feel closer to the business is worth sharing.

It doesn’t matter if your company has two or 20 employees, regular calls or online catch-ups can quickly and easily ensure that everyone knows what’s going on – while you will have the chance to get a snapshot of where everything’s at. Set these for the same time every day or every week so that people can prepare in advance and use these conversations to get a mini progress report from people, check everyone is happy and not feeling overwhelmed and answer any questions or concerns that have come up since you last spoke.

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7 ways to keep your team together while working remotely

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