8 Ways To Engage Remote Employees

Even before COVID, there were companies with engaged employees and great cultures working remotely.
 
So, it is definitely possible, and good to know, now that working off-site, to some degree or another, has become somewhat the new norm.
 
The fact that people are not coming one location every day does not have to mean that they are not engaged.
 
However, it requires some thought and careful planning.
 
In the same way that it does when everyone is working under one roof.
 
📌 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣.
 
In addition to planning, it also requires training your managers.
 
Because skilled managers who are regularly in touch with each employee are critical to engaging employees.
 
But it can start right now:
 
① Ensure weekly, structured 1:1s between managers and employees
② Recognize employees
③ Provide ongoing feedback to employees
④ Create a workplace of open communication with regular work updates
⑤ Hold team-building activities
⑥ Provide a forum for social interactions, such as Slack
⑦ Care about employee wellbeing
⑧ Provide the right resources/equipment to remote employees
 
These are just some ideas that will help your remote employees feel more connected to their workplaces.
 
𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙.
 
If they’re not, their employees won’t be either.
 
But with some planning, and a clear message to managers that employee engagement is an important business strategy, engaged employees and a great culture are entirely possible.