10 Steps to Better Remote Work through Teamwork

Teamwork is essential for the maximum performance of any business. Behind every successful company, lies a strong team that maintains regular and meaningful interaction. Creating a workplace where every team member understands and works towards maintaining a good working relationship is even more challenging for businesses performing remote work.

For that reason, in this article we have shared the 10 practices which have been proven helpful towards creating a better remote work through teamwork.

10 steps to better online teamwork and improved relationships between each team member

Organize virtual team building exercises so employees will be able to really get to know their teammates and what their strengths are, so they can reach out to each other and collaborate better for the best results. Other than a team building activity, to achieve this, you could also organize virtual “show and learn” informal sessions, where employees will have the opportunity to take an interest in the skills of one another and collaborate better in the future!
Define periodical casual meetings or strive to organize periodical events where employees can conduct video calls thus creating a more engaged, less isolated work environment. Meeting video calls should be organized the same way as office meetings would, with a host speaker, time for questions etc. Sometimes face reactions can tell a lot about what a person thinks of an idea, a task or a project.
Organize activities that more employees can do together no matter if those are work related tasks or virtual team building activities
Have remote workshops, trainings or classes. Maintain employees skills even online by bringing in a guest speaker for an online training session
Define virtual chit chat time for casual communication where new movies, politics, food recipes, etc. will be discussed in order to make employees feel more connected to one another.
Setup a virtual break room where anyone can log in and join over their lunch or coffee break, so they would catch up as they would in the office.
Celebrate birthdays, children birth, weddings, couples anniversaries, work anniversaries, company birthdays, company achievements etc. by video events where everyone can see each other and take online face-to-face action.
Setup team challenges, no matter if they are work related like achieving monthly team targets, or maybe a “healthy breakfast” challenge, fitness challenge etc.
Create a group in the communication platform you use with specific rule of requiring everyone to share a picture every day of something that they would like, like what they had for lunch, an image of their new shirt, snip of what song they are listening at the moment, a picture of their dog, cat, or something else from their private lives. These would open up many non-work related conversations and will create bonds between the team members.
Play online games together and keep a score of the team achievements in the group you use for team communication.

Besides the good team relationships, team accountability is also important in remote work environments. You can read more here about how responsibility influences business success and how to ensure maximum team accountability in remote teams.