How to cooperate effectively at a distance?
Today, the question of cooperation within teams can no longer be summed up in the simple fact of learning to manage remote working. Indeed, in a large number of companies, some employees continue to work from home while others have returned to their offices. It is this new situation, this mix, that we will have to learn to tame and manage... In this video, discover 7 keys to effectively cooperate remotely
Key number 1 for effective remote cooperation: reconnecting regularly as a team.
Get in the habit of reconnecting regularly as a team:
- On the “business” plan
- With respect to Everyone's personal feelings
- On the Learning plan
We are being hit hard by this crisis. How, as a manager, do I ensure that I regularly take the pulse of the team regarding everyone's feelings? How do you regularly review your learning? Namely, what we do well, what we could do better. What are we proud of?... It is It is essential to take this time to work with confidence and energy over time.
Key No. 2 for effective remote cooperation: regularly revisit the cooperation rules.
What are the rules of presence and non-presence in the office? How to redefine informal and formal rituals for the team? Which ones adopted during lockdown do we want to keep? Online Team Building for example. It is very important to redefine these explicit cooperation rules on a regular basis, because they may change over the next few months.Manage especially The challenge of synchronicity, that is to say the fact that everyone is not at the same time in meetings. Another very important point concerning cooperation rules will be the management of communication channels : what is their interest and how to use them as a team.
Key 3 for effective remote cooperation: solidarity and cooperation within the team.
We know that in a situation of lasting crisis, it is difficult for everyone to feel fully co-responsible and not to focus on the simple fact of Do your job well.The manager can maintain this sense of solidarity by oregularly organizing meetings to exchange practices where everyone goes out of their role to give ideas that promote innovation and the search for new solutions. Ensure that, on a regular basis, everyone knows exactly who is doing what in the team, by promoting regular Team Building. Finally, by ensuring that everyone can have access to information in a very simple and fast way.
Key No. 4 for effective remote cooperation: adjust your management to the level of autonomy of each of your employees.
Not everyone reacts the same. The challenge for the manager will be to Focus your management not on mere presence, for example, but on objectives linked to KPIs. However, it is important to readjust the individual points according to the progress of each person.
both on projects and on posture in order to make each employee more aware of their effectiveness and commitment.
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how to develop the autonomy of your employees?
Key 5 for effective remote cooperation: organize effective meetings.
Limit the number of meetings to those that are essential and necessary to decide collectively. Limit the number of participants to those who actually contribute. Make meetings much shorter: maximum one hour and a half. Forcing everyone to put on their video. Unless they are meetings where there are a large number of participants. It's important for people to see each other to maintain the connection.Give everyone a voice.
Key No. 6 to cooperate effectively remotely: manage your energy and that of your team.
Around of the following 3 axes :
- Inspiration
- Reflection
- Breathing
They are essential to allow our brain to rest and then be able to start again.Inspiration: connect with people who inspire us with new ideas and the oxygen that their perspective gives usThe reflection : this time is reserved in our agenda. It is called “RVMM” (Appointment with Myself) and is dedicated to establishing a strategy, thinking about upcoming meetings, new offers and products...Breathing : taking time for yourself in order to recharge your batteries through sport, meditation, yoga... Or a time to take a step back with a professional coach! For you and for your team, it is important to sanctify these times and to respect them.
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How do you succeed without exhausting yourself?
Key 7 for effective remote cooperation: review these rules every month.
And finally, the last point is review these rules every month or every two months as a team, because we are all constantly learning about these new ways of working.If you want to work individually or as a team on the best ways to cooperate remotely, you can
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