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How to prioritize self-care in the workplace
How to adapt to new work arrangements
How to maintain work-life balance
Make time for face-to-face interactions
Look for ways to build strong relationships:
- use video calls: team communication tools lack fundamental human elements like body language and tone;
- host team retreats: you’re saving money by not renting physical offices, so why not funnel that money into team bonding.
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Hire the right people
Design your hiring process with remote candidates in mind. Look for 3 main things:
- A strong skill set relevant to their jobs: you need to feel confident that they can complete basic job tasks independently.
- A candidate with an affinity for remote work. ...
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Default working setups
Remote workers need a dedicated, quiet space to do their work, so it’s important to set some guidelines:
- encourage workers to join coworking spaces;
- encourage workers to set a dedicated insolated space at home for work, with suitable furniture;
- fast reliable inte...
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Put extra effort into onboarding
Remote workers won’t have the opportunity to be involved in spontaneous conversations or team lunches, but there are other things you can do to help them settle:
- provide info with new job critical stuff: team member introductions (personal bios, photos, advice for new employees)...
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Trust your team to do the work
... but check in from time to time.
Watch how the project unfolds in tools like Trello, Confluence, and Slack. That way, you're not bugging direct reports for status updates, but you still understand what's happening.
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