We need to focus on workplace wellbeing more than ever. Having several three-day weekends in one month also brings into focus the recent four-day working week pilots (without loss of pay) in many countries.
Work is an integral part of our daily lives and a large part of our personal identity. However, with the rise of remote jobs and flexible working hours, more and more people are facing a new challenge: loneliness at work.
1/ Establish ground rules
Even if team members work remotely, they must still demonstrate a set of acceptable behaviours. This is even more valid for virtual teams:
– Time slot during which team members are reachable
– Attendance at mandatory virtual meetings
o Log in on time, if possible.
o Have the right to express yourself freely.
o Listen to and respect all points of view.
Statistics indicate that a lot of people are not happy to go to work. The working climate is becoming more and more difficult and many people are suffering from stress. Often, companies only look at the bottom line and not how the bottom line is achieved. The goal is more important than the path seems to be the motto. Fortunately, more and more companies are realizing that the human aspect cannot be neglected.
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If you, like many people across the world, are now working 100% remotely, you might be worried about the loss of physical face to face time with your team members. Remote collaboration tools help us to compensate this loss allowing regular communication throughout the teleworking day. Yet it seems that a high frequency of team communication could actually reduce collective intelligence.
The worldwide health crisis we are going through is undeniably changing our habits and our relationship to work. The year 2020 gave many of us time for reflection and introspection. Giving meaning to what we do is an essentiel condition for our fulfilment and well-being and more than ever relevant in a complex and uncertain professional (VUCA) environment. As long as we know why we do something and what do we do it for, we get better results and become less sensitive to stress.
Your listening skills have a major impact on the effectiveness of your teleworking and the quality of your virtual relationships with others.
We listen to get information, to understand, to learn, influence, persuade and negotiate.
A few tips for active listening:
Pay Attention
Give the speaker your full attention, and acknowledge the message.
Look at the speaker directly through the camera.
Put aside distracting thoughts.
Avoid being distracted by environmental factors
