Working from home is fantastic; you have more freedom and flexibility, and you don’t have to commute. Isn’t it? Let’s be real; building in-person professional relationships has become more challenging for teams while working remotely. Your day-to-day routine isn’t exactly ripe with opportunities for meeting new people, while you’re doing the bulk of your work from an at-home office.
Fostering connections with colleagues is necessary for productivity and employee engagement, as it helps employees felt connected and supported by management when using a work management tool.
So, what correctly, you could do to build your network—stay connected with the team from home. Here’s how.
- Check-in with the team often: Workers are adjusting their shift’s start and end times and having to conduct work around other home demands, like childcare and other stuff. Stay connected with your employees as it gives them the confidence that their leadership is making space for their questions, ideas, and feedback. They can connect through video platforms like Zoom to hold 10-minute video calls on every Monday and Friday and listen up their employee’s ideas and their remotely working experience. The goal is to stay empathetic and available and to support a remote team.
- Look for Opportunities to Offer Value: Employees likes help and support from the management team, and establish yourself as a person who adds real value, and you will automatically endear yourself to people. Create valuable connections with people in your network, or if you come from a self-serving place, people will pick up on that—and won’t want to connect with you.
- Provide channels for remote collaboration: Digital tools may help companies stay aligned with their teammates and for those who face the challenges of remote work. Slack and other business communication platforms help employee to remain connected through dedicated “channels” which created for specific goals or purposes. Allowing teams to connect relate, and share feedback promotes their professional success and engagement with the organisation.
- Effectively connect through email: While the face-to-face connection is not now a realistic option, written communication has become a critical alternative. Chat tools and Emails can be useful and sensitive material or messaging for free or timely messages. Using emails for building professional relationship-requires technical accuracy, e.g. grammar, spelling, and punctuation to make the message is clear and accurate.
For remote professionals, several communication tools at the workplace can help to make internal connections possible & more organisations make mindful shifts in their processes, as remote teams can begin to feel the professional camaraderie they once enjoyed.
