5 Quick Tips to Engage Your Hybrid Employees
Are you struggling with the new hybrid work environment? If so, you're not alone. As the world slowly returns to the office, HR professionals are looking for new ways to balance work-from-home (WFH) and return-to-office (RTO) initiatives. However, statistics show that work-from-home life, while convenient for the employee, is causing more depression and anxiety.
To address this issue, it's crucial to help your team feel part of a community at work.
72% of employees say that it's important for them to feel like they're part of a community at work. In this blog we’ll share five quick tips to inspire you to think differently about how to engage your team during this time.
Here are five quick tips to help turn your hybrid work headache into hybrid happiness.
Start with management - ensure that management is aligned with your goals, as they play a critical role in retaining or losing employees. The first step in your hybrid engagement strategy is to ensure that management is emotionally invested and equipped to effectively support their teams.
UNPLUG to connect - encourage in-person collaboration by ditching digital for a bit. Suggest teams meet at a local coffee shop for a meeting, assign task forces required to meet face-to-face, start a company-wide podcast, assign random lunch groups of four employees, and schedule monthly physical activities at the office.
Revamp your employee rewards - hold a monthly rewards ceremony at the office to fill up your "fulfillment cup." Rewards can include the standard "Employee of the Month" or "Number One Sales Rep" and also incorporate creative and fun categories such as "Employee with the Best Memes on Slack" or "Employee with the Most Creative Zoom Background." You could even have "Employee Most Likely to be CEO."
Workshops for Goal-Setting - gather a small group of employees for a goal-setting workshop to share their personal and work-related objectives, improve communication, and help employees work towards a common goal.
Revamp employee development - provide coaching sessions and training classes based on PERSONAL interests. For example, phone photo organization or charcuterie board creation. They can be a fun and engaging way to bring employees back into the office.
By implementing these tips, you can turn your hybrid work headache into hybrid happiness, foster engagement, and help your team feel part of a community at work.