Remote Work: 3 Strategies To Keep Your Employees Engaged
The "new normal" of work created by the COVID-19 pandemic saw a rise in remote work in many companies.
Despite the benefits that remote work offers for the employees and the company, companies struggle to keep their remote workforce engaged and motivated.
According to Monster, 69% of employees experience burnout while working from home.
One of the keys to a successful remote workforce is to keep your employees engaged. There are many ways to do this such as staying connected through technology, creating an effective communication culture, etc. However, in this article, Wii will focus on 3 key strategies that can help you keep your remote employees engaged, happy and motivated.
Create an exciting virtual culture:
Get feedback from employees about what they would like to see as they work from home. Is it virtual hangouts? Shorter meeting durations? Occasional in-person hangouts? Flexible work hours? Regardless of what they choose, it is your employees who experience the brunt of remote work.
It is therefore important to incorporate their views and feedback as much as your company can, to create a virtual work environment that keeps your employees happy, motivated and engaged.
Send thoughtful care packages:
How would you feel if you’re working from home on an average day and you receive a gift basket or a merch package from your employer? Awesome, right?
That’s why you should do the same for your employees. Gift packages can boost employee engagement and excitement. Gift packages such as food hampers, merch boxes, show your employees that they are valued and that you’re thinking of them.
This is what Eden Life, a service delivery startup in Nigeria, did when it showed its appreciation for its employees by gifting them thoughtful merch boxes.
Create a culture of appreciation:
Employees who work from home have to balance their job with their personal lives. This is not an easy task.
This is why it’s important to create a culture of appreciation. Research shows that recognition from peers and team leads help your employees feel more connected, and valued.
From the team lead appreciating the team members to employee-employee recognition, a culture of appreciating the work your employees do will have a great impact on employee engagement.
Appreciation could involve a simple "Thank you" or it could involve sending gift packages such as merch boxes to employees for a job well done.
Remote work is here to stay. This is why it is important to keep employees engaged and motivated while they work from home.
With these strategies, your employees and your organization as a whole, can experience the best of remote work, and keep employees happy, productive and engaged all the time.
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