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Steps to Building an Effective Team
Steps for building effective teams
- Consider each employee's ideas as valuable.
- Be clear when communicating.
- Encourage trust and cooperation among employees on your team.
- Encourage team members to share information, to listen and to brainstorm.
- Let the team work on creative solutions together.
- Set ground rules for the team.
- Establish the parameters of consensus-building sessions.
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Statistics On Remote Workers
- Loneliness was reported as the biggest downside for 21% of remote employees, and one of the reasons that makes them more likely to quit.
- Most remote managers say they’d be more inclined to stay if they had more friends at work.
- Individuals who have 15 minutes to socialize with colleagues have a 20% increase in performance over their peers who don't.
- Positive social relationships are correlated with better life expectancy.
Dynamic Icebreakers
If your icebreaker questions are intriguing, cheeky, humorous – the answers you receive will be, too.
Many remote teams will kick off their weekly meeting with an icebreaker question or insert it during their morning stand-up meeting. Even more popular is asking a series of icebreaker questions during the onboarding process when hiring someone.
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Allowing Ideas To Safely Flourish
Take a moment to consider if your employees and team members are coming to you with new ideas and innovations.
To create a sense of security where employees will feel safe to share their i...
Increased Diversity
Companies with increased growth are 72% more likely to have high diversity in their organization.
Use Learning & Development (L&D) training to raise awareness about the current state of diversity and inclusion in your work environment.
Agility Breeds Sustainability
Up to 70% of trainees forget what they learn within 24 hours after training. However, it does not have to be the case for your employees.
An effective leader will implement and integrate an agile training infrastructure into their daily operations that can change quickly to keep up with the pace of innovation.
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Pros And Cons Of Remote Work
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Communication Tools
To make your remote workers really feel connected, use instantaneous messaging tools that organize conversations into customizable channels. You should also create channels that allow your remote workers to chat about topics unrelated to work so they can benefit from the social aspects of work and strengthen their bonds.
Hold Weekly Video Meetings
Face-to-face interaction is an effective way to make your remote workers feel more connected. Holding regular video meetings will allow remote workers to get that face time they're missing and form bonds with their co-workers.
To build even stronger connections during your weekly video meetings, don't talk only about work. Add a personal touch like allowing team members to share any good news they have.