At a time when a day at the office increasingly means the kitchen table or couch, team leaders and decision-makers face a host of new challenges to keep internal communications productive. While state-of-the-art video conferencing technology increasingly allows for quality participation from multiple locations with collaborative features, there can still be a trade-off in the lack of shared physical space. Newcomers to remote work need skills to improve conditions and solve problems.
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A March 25 webinar by agile transformation consultant Jeff Burstein offered pro tips from seasoned remote-working executives for “Continuous Value Delivery In a Work From Home World.” The free 90-minute session was open to professionals in information technology, education, digital marketing, manufacturing, architecture and more. To maximize the value of teleconferencing, they encouraged all participants to map out in advance the experience they want to achieve, and use virtual icebreakers to get everyone talking.
Some of the problems and solutions included:
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Maximizing engagement during virtual
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Managing work and personal time while at |
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Building comradery between remote
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Try virtual coffee, happy hour, yoga; |
When managing the shift from an in person workplace to virtual, as most companies have been forced to do by the COVID-19 emergency, personal touches matter. One advisor who frequently left handwritten thank-you notes on employees’ desks continued the practice by scanning the notes and displaying them.
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“The Coronavirus has impacted all of our lives and, presently, it cannot be business as usual,” said Burstein, who is planning a follow up conference in the coming weeks. “How can we deal with these never before seen complications, disruptions and restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic? ”
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