With the coronavirus spreading, managers should be preparing for the possibility that their teams may have to work from home. This articles offers nine strategies for helping team members continue to collaborate effectively and meet deadlines. They involve spelling out the goals and roles repeatedly as circumstances require changes, making an extra effort to stay personally connected with people so they don’t feel disconnected and lonely, and acquainting team members with each other’s work environments and their constraints.
Here are some strategies that leaders can employ to ensure their teams continue to collaborate effectively and maintain momentum in the business:
- Spell Out Goals and Roles
- Clarify and re-clarify goals and roles.
- Map skills and capacity.
- Emphasize Personal Interactions
- Keep everyone in mind.
- Schedule regular meetings.
- Create the virtual water cooler.
- Humanize communication.
- Normalize New Work Environments
- Take a virtual tour.
- Acknowledge non-traditional workspaces.
- Keep your assumptions or stereotypes in check.
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