Lockdowns are still in place amidst the rising number of cases. The general scare and anxiety for safe health have propelled people to keep working from their homes for more than a year now. According to the statistics, about 88 percent of organizations have allowed their employees to work from home.
On one hand, it has brought some relief to people for not having to step outside and be stuck in long traffic jams. On the other, it has affected mental health. This can hurt employee productivity. As an employer or manager, here are some tips to re-energize everyone on board for greater work enjoyment.
Creating A Sense of Belonging
Working from home may lead people to feel disconnected from the office and their colleagues. Thus, it is a good idea to instill a sense of belonging by increasing communication between everyone.
To recreate the same office fun at one’s respective workspaces, use technological tools like Virtual Conferencing software and collaboration tools. There should be a platform to facilitate professional as well as personal conversations. This would help them feel a sense of belongingness and connection.
Virtual Team Building Activities
Despite employees working from home, you can still implement team building activities. You can consider an escape room, virtual labyrinth, or even a quiz mania.
Enjoyable virtual team building activities help to take the edge off the employees. These are aimed to build team working and relationships with each other. And for the ones who may accidentally miss it, the option of a recorded live stream further allows them to see all the fun by themselves later.
Encouraging A Growth Mindset
Sometimes, in the circumstances when one feels completely cut off from the outside world, it is very natural for your office staff to start feeling uninspired. As an employer, you can rectify this situation easily by motivating them to look for their individual as well as professional growth opportunities.
Because you are the leader, it comes as a natural tendency for your employees to look up to you as the first source of inspiration. By motivating everyone towards adopting a growth mindset will help them to remain positive and hard-working towards their goals in the company. As there is always room to learn and grow, this leads to identifying their true potential for their performance and thus helps them to steer them to more and more success.