Have you noticed your remote employees struggling to gain a sense of real connection to or investment in your company? If all of your employees work virtually, it may be tougher than usual to foster a feeling of connection among workers and a sense of genuine company culture in general. However, the good news is that there are numerous ways you can keep your company connected and your employees content and upbeat, even when working virtually. From using eye-catching immersive view zoom backgrounds to hosting remote happy hours to starting up company-wide challenges complete with big prizes and more, here’s what you can do to prevent isolation and help your virtual workforce get connected with each other.
Get Your Team Involved
In order to keep your workers engaged with their daily tasks and connected to their coworkers, you’ll have to get creative and find different ways to get your remote team involved in various activities. To get started, you could:
- Institute once-weekly employee meetings with colorful zoom backgrounds mac or start hosting virtual “happy hours” where everyone can unwind while chatting and getting to know each other
- Ask employees to volunteer on different collaborative efforts in order to ensure everyone’s involved at work and invested in the company
- Set up morning “coffee chats” where employees can opt to log in early and drink their morning coffee while talking with their coworkers
- Send out regular memos to your team praising what they’ve done well during the week in order to boost morale and lift their spirits
- Encourage all team members to take short breaks during the workday in order to prevent burnout and maintain a sense of excitement to get work done
- Set up an email list or a physical mail list where you can send upbeat newsletters to subscribed employees
- Start a company-wide challenge at least a few times per year and offer exciting prizes to rev up your employees’ levels of excitement
Use Zoom To Your Benefit
You likely already use Zoom or a similar videoconferencing tool for business purposes, so why not use it to promote a healthy and connected company culture? For instance, you might want to:
- Start a weekly trivia session where employees can learn more about the company or the industry while having fun
- Keep Zoom meetings short and to the point and switch to email whenever possible to avoid Zoom burnout
- Institute a company-wide, branded Zoom background or teach employees fun tips and tricks, such as how to use a google meet virtual background mirror image, to switch things up and break up the monotony of video calls
- Host virtual Zoom lunches once in a while to prevent isolation and/or loneliness among your workers
Keeping your virtual workforce truly connected to each other and invested in the business may seem like a steep challenge, but with the right moves in place, you can easily overcome difficulties and foster an engaged workforce. Whether you’ve recently noticed signs of burnout among your employees or whether you want to be proactive to ensure all of your workers stay connected despite their remote status, these simple moves can help you hold the company together and foster a sense of unity and cohesiveness.
