As a result, remote team building is essential to stay connected with your colleagues, no matter where they are in the world. Since so many companies have listened to their employees to stay virtual, here are 7 ways on how to build a strong team culture with a remote team.
The video conferencing software a company choices can dictate how a company’s remote team culture is built. Team building for remote workers will be easier and more effective if the video platform aligns with the overall culture. Many remote employees have stated they feel a sense of Zoom fatigue, when using video conferencing softwares like Zoom, Skype or Google Meet.
Successful remote teams finding alternatives, like virtual workplaces, that are more in line with the company’s remote team building goals. A virtual workspace, or virtual office, is a tech product that solves the challenges facing remote, hybrid, and distributed companies. To learn more about virtual offices, check out this article on virtual workspaces.
A great example of a virtual office is Kumospace. Virtual workspaces allow companies to bring real life scenarios into remote life. In Kumospace, you’re able to run into colleagues on the way to a meeting or hang out in the common area when you’re not heads down on a project. The best part is, you can only hear people within your talking range, just like you would in real life. Remote team building is more beneficial when you have the right tools that align with your company’s culture goals.
By having clear communication with each other, teams can thrive and succeed together.
Now we’re not saying to set unrealistic expectations and metrics to hit, but we are saying challenge your employees to exceed expectations by adding in a friendly competition every now and then. Some people in the company might be more competitive than you’d imagine. Providing an outlet for them to go beyond their limits will allow them to stay engaged. By adding in a competition, you’re allowing team members to get to know each other and talk about ways to achieve a common goal.
An example of a friendly competition would be to challenge your employees' participation on social media. By liking, sharing and commenting on your main social media posts, your company will be gaining more engagement and grow their overall reach. You can incentivize your employees by creating a leaderboard that allows them to see who’s participating and give a grand prize to the winner.
Finding common interests between coworkers will help build relationships and team culture within the company. Employees will get to know each other by doing activities they enjoy together. Team members will look forward to attending their day to day meetings when coworkers can be friends.
Small group activities can include book club, board game club and yoga club. And no, you don’t have to be in person to do all these activities. Even virtually, your team can thrive together while making deeper connections outside of the normal work day. At Kumospace, one of the team’s favorite activities is our bi-monthly virtual game night every second Thursday.
Having fun will enhance company morale. Remote games have become more popular and help build a strong company culture. Here’s are 14 games you can play right now from your virtual office!
