HOW TO CARE FOR VIRTUAL EMPLOYEES

Teams across the country have suddenly found themselves in virtual work situations. This can pose a challenge to culture-focused companies that want to care for their employees. The good news: the principles of a positive culture translate to sustainable virtual environments, too — and they offer exciting new ways to engage team members and do great work.

HOW TO CARE FOR VIRTUAL EMPLOYEES

Keep your virtual employees engaged.

In a recent Small Giants virtual workshop, Small Giants leader and CEO of Big Cartel, Anna Brozek, shared how their entirely virtual team stays connected, productive, and culturally aligned. She also spent a good portion of the workshop answering questions from attendees — many of whom had their own wisdom to share too.

Here are the top takeaways and highlights from our workshop on how to care for virtual employees.

MAINTAINING YOUR CULTURE IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

4 Ways to Build A Positive Culture in Virtual Teams

The truth is that virtual teams need all the same things to thrive as traditional teams do — and technology only replaces a leader when there’s a lack of leadership. For purpose-driven business leaders, technology is a powerful tool for supporting you, your team members, and your culture as you learn to do business in new ways.

While virtual environments do present new challenges for how we collaborate, communicate, and build relationships, they also offer exciting new opportunities to engage employees and make their lives better. Don’t believe us? Here’s how the top virtual companies make it happen.

THE FUTURE OF VIRTUAL WORK

Is Work from Home Here to Stay?

We talked to three purpose-driven leaders to hear their perspectives on returning to the office, the future of working from home, and how to keep employees engaged right now.

Although the circumstances are extraordinary, this experience is prompting many to reconsider their stance on virtual work. In the short-term, working from home offers continued safety to team members who aren’t confident about returning to the office. But in the long term, what can we learn from this experience to create a more flexible, rewarding work experience for our team members?

DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE TO LEADING VIRTUAL TEAMS

What happens to the culture if your team members don’t see each other every day?

How will you integrate new people when geography gets in the way? And how do you keep your core purpose and values front and center in a digital environment? In this ebook, we reveal answers to those questions and more.

In this ebook you’ll learn:

  • The tools purpose-driven companies use to build and maintain their cultures in virtual and distributed teams
  • What systems and processes top leaders use to build thriving, sustainable virtual cultures
  • How to hire and onboard new employees
  • How to hold effective virtual one-on-ones
  • How to recreate in-person employee interactions in a distributed team
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