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How to Keep Remote Workers Engaged
The remote employee participates in one-on-one meetings to provide feedback, update information, resolve issues, and assist colleagues in moving forward as a team. This routine check is carried out by two people in an organization
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Apac CIOOutlook | Wednesday, September 01, 2021
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The remote employee participates in one-on-one meetings to provide feedback, update information, resolve issues, and assist colleagues in moving forward as a team. This routine check is carried out by two people in an organization, usually a manager and an employee.
Fremont, CA: Employee engagement is a workplace strategy that makes reference to the mental and emotional bonds that employees have with their workplaces. According to research, companies with highly engaged employees are 17 percent more productive and 21 percent more profitable.
Its goal is to increase an employee's emotional commitment to the organization, job responsibilities, role within the company, the coworking environment, and the company culture.
In the post-pandemic era, when remote working was the only option, Harvard Business Review(1) discovered that two-thirds of remote workers were dissatisfied. More than one-third of employees reported feeling disconnected from their coworkers.
Tips to keep remote employees engaged:
Regular One-on-One Meetings
The remote employee participates in one-on-one meetings to provide feedback, update information, resolve issues, and assist colleagues in moving forward as a team. This routine check is carried out by two people in an organization, usually a manager and an employee. Regular one-on-one meetings are a proactive method for making quick decisions and responding to any issue before it becomes a crisis.
Employees feel connected to the organization when all personal or professional issues are respectfully addressed. The program helps remote team members feel confident that no critical issues or key subjects will go unaddressed at the end of each meeting.
Frequent Reminders of the Goal
Simple reminders have been proposed as useful because they act as cues to prevent potential memory failures. People, according to numerous studies, have a favorable attitude toward receiving a reminder. A caution statement may be used to keep an employee informed of the priority of commitments or activities. Reminders also inform the recipient that he or she has reached or exceeded the set limit and that failing to do so could result in serious consequences.
Effective reminders are brief and to the point. Management should craft a concise headline that is direct and easy to understand for the recipient. Keep the message brief and include a call to action.
