Amid all the chaos and harm of the COVID-19 pandemic, one company has done quite well for itself. Zoom couldn’t possibly have known that a massive virus outbreak was going to send everyone home and keep them working from there for more than two years, but they sure were positioned well to benefit from it.
There are a lot of virtual meetings and events platforms available, and over the course of the past few years, most companies have adopted one or another. While Zoom is commonly used, it has certain limitations in terms of meeting flexibility and user experience. It’s no wonder that the term “Zoom Fatigue” exists. Luckily, there are many Zoom alternatives.
Building strong, healthy relationships with people at work can certainly be intimidating if you don’t know where to start. However, it is critically important for employees to build relationships with their coworkers in order for them to feel engaged and want to stay with the company long-term. In order to start building those relationships as soon as possible, read this article to learn about the three pillars of relationship building. It’s a simple yet effective framework for understanding how relationships grow over time.
After a year or more of virtual meetings, many team leaders are looking for a few ways to spice things up and boost engagement. For many remote and hybrid teams, finding ways to build genuine connection and foster relationships between dispersed team members has been key to their success.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions of employees around the world out of their offices and into makeshift home offices as they do their daily work. Around six months into the pandemic, 71 percent of Americans who said their jobs could be done from home were doing their jobs from home.
The workforce has become largely remote, leading many businesses to seek out online ways to connect team members. One such challenge that has arisen in this new environment is building trust among virtual teams. Fortunately, many solutions have emerged in response to this issue that businesses can rely on. Keep reading to learn just a few ways that you can build trust among your virtual teams.
HR Managers and Directors understand employee recognition is one of the most important areas to keep up with in the workplace. Employee recognition can help with many companies’ greatest concerns such as diversity and inclusion and employee motivation. Most of all, employee recognition feeds employee engagement, which leads to increased happiness.
Depending on where you work, the attitude towards recognition programs and employee engagement can range significantly. While some company leaders continue to believe that simply paying their employees is enough to build a happy workforce, a steady stream of modern research on what truly defines an employee experience says otherwise. Rather than giving out financial incentives, it’s the appreciation and intrinsic motivation that comes from professional relationships that lead to optimal employee engagement and high-performing teams.
Sales kickoffs are all about motivation, networking, team-building, leadership and fun. In today’s remote & hybrid working world, with everyone fatigued and disengaged from classic video-conferencing meetings, is it possible to plan a virtual sales kickoff that is fun and engaging?
When your team is in a hybrid or remote working situation, holiday party planning takes on even more challenges than usual. You can realize the benefits of throwing engaging get-togethers during the holiday season and really want to celebrate the hard work of your employees, but it’s no longer as simple as scheduling caterers. How do you plan a fun event for your employees when some are hoping to party in person, while others are staying home and not comfortable being in a group setting?
