Ideas To Engage Remote Employees

The ideas to engage remote employees that survive contact with a busy quarter are the ones that change existing habits rather than adding new commitments.

• Rotate meeting times so the same people are not always inconvenienced by a time zone or school run.
• Write a short weekly update that anyone can read later, so information does not depend on being present.
• Start meetings with the decision to be made rather than a round of updates.
• Give remote attendees the first word rather than the last.
• Make one to one meetings the last thing cancelled rather than the first.
• Share credit in writing, where it is visible, rather than in a room.

None of these costs money or takes extra time. All of them address the thing remote staff report, which is being peripheral.

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