Maintaining “Employee Engagement” if remote work is to continue.
With the sudden surge in remote and hybrid working, nurturing and maintaining collaboration amongst your workforce can pose a few obstacles. The natural social aspect that develops from sharing a workspace is a longstanding essential part of enhancing office culture and boosting employee morale. So how do you develop “water cooler conversation” whilst your workforce is remote?
The first step is choosing the Team Chat App that works for you and ensuring everyone knows how to install and navigate it. Some great options are constantly developing as we do, such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Workplace. Conversing with your team on video in real-time beats waiting for email replies and morning team meetings can boost normal productivity levels.
Neal Walters, CEO & Founder of Key Consulting, expresses the cultural dilemma as follows,
“For Japan, it is important to feel part of the collective when in a company or team environment, but at the same time, more people will want to choose their work styles. In Asia, especially in Japan, employee engagement will be critical to listening to the voices of the people when deciding on the right approach when determining the right work style for them. Employees feeling empowered to choose the right work style for them is the trend HR Leaders are seeing. Time will tell what works, so we anticipate a constant shifting of work preference in Asia as the exit from Covid hibernation continues.”
