Virtual Team Building | Using videoconferencing software to engage your remote team
Working from home is not a new phenomenon, multinational organizations have introduced such policies years ago. But during the Covid-19 pandemic, working from home has reached a new height, and most governments have made it mandatory, not only for large companies, but for small and medium sized businesses as well. At least for the time being or until the Coronavirus have been tamed.
Working from home may bring some advantages, mainly increased productivity, no (or less) commuting time,and a better work-life balance. However, what may have started with a euphoria among workers has grounded in reality.
Loss of social connection may be depressing, a misaligned management team may even struggle more to work as a team, and low morale seems a big problem for HR professionals and leadership consultants.
That's were virtual team building activities may be of use. Teams who work from home but in the same city may benefit the most from virtual team building because some activities or courses are inf fact hybrids, we start virtual, and meet in person as part of the exercise. Or some equipment and instructions are sent to the employees home to start a new team building project that is later shared vie videoconferencing app to all team members. For teams who are work from home in different cities or even countries may benefit from our virtual teamwork sills training workshops, like the The Five Dysfunctions of a team, The Six Thinking Hats, Strategic Planning with fun, or Creating a H2H Culture.
Relationship building | Developing a happy and fulfilled workforce
Confident Leaders | Developing your executive team
Personal Development | Stepping outside your comfort zone
Psychometric Assessment | Understanding yourself and others
Organizational Change | Building the workplace of the future
Why is it that many organizations talk about change, attend change meetings, go on change workshops, watch change presentations, sign up to speeches by famous change consultants, yet change doesnt really happen in their organization. The way we do things tomorrow is the same as we do them today.
As human beings, we are naturally inclided about change. We prefer the world to work the same tomorrow as it does today. In order to change, we need to leave our comfort zone. We have to change our habits, our practices, our routines, our traditions and our conventions. In short, we have to change our culture.
Have you ever given up a really bad habit, like smoking or using your cell phone too much? If you did, than you know how hard change can be. At first glance it looks like a mammuth task and it scares the hell out of us. But when we look at it more closely, when we break down the idea of change into smaller elements, it becomes more tangible.
Most organizations know how important change is. So why do most companies pay lip service to the idea of change? Why is it that talk remains talk and and is seldom put into action?
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Organizations typically
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Are scared about change
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Are not aligned about change
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Lack tools and techniques about change
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Think short time and therefore don't take change seriously.
With our organizational change programs we support organizations in SE-Asia to embrace change and to build a better workplace, one in which their pratices and routines can compete in the markets of the future.