When hiring remote employees, take into consideration the diverse individuals and viewpoints you are bringing onto your team and how they will contribute to your culture. Are you bringing on team members who are all located in the same region? Are there ways to push beyond the standard and find new teammates from the larger hiring pool?
1) Hire a Team Where Everybody Feels like a specialist in their domain
When you are onboarding new employees who will be working remotely, support them early and often. Make sure to take the time to introduce them individually to the rest of the team, preferably with a video call to make it more personable.
2) Create Inclusivity across Channels
It’s important to have a space where your team can get together digitally. Once the means of communication are set up, make sure that everyone feels included and supported. Hold group huddles digitally and set up the cadence of conversation so you avoid awkward talking over-each-other moments. Be sure to account for everyone on your team, giving credit to those who made big accomplishments digitally that would normally be celebrated in person.
3) Show Employee Praise in Unique Ways
It can be hard doing your day-to-day work, managing projects, and getting on and off phone calls to find the time to highlight your team’s accomplishments. While you can take the time to set up calendar reminders, manage multiple Slack channels, and have a whole separate notebook dedicated to just employee encouragement. But, finding ways to highlight your new and existing teammates doesn’t have to be complicated. Between highlighting employee achievements in a snap, creating a space to share in the overall team culture and even team messaging blast for the bigger events like birthdays and holidays, we have you covered. No matter what way you go about it, finding ways to encourage your team is the key to maintaining a happy, healthy, and productive remote team
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