Telecommuting: How to Effectively Organize as a Team

Teamwork & CooperationWell-being & BalanceManagers≈ 20 min

Key skill: Hybrid work & team rituals

Summary

Move from remote work endured to a hybrid mode built together: gather the team's experience, identify everyone's needs, and set a joint charter of best practices that applies in the office as much as remotely.

Target audience

Remote managers

Learning objectives

Define and organise remote-work arrangements as a team
Regularly take the pulse of remote employees through questionnaires and surveys
Ensure motivation, collaboration and productivity while working remotely
Adjust to remote employees' needs for comfort, belonging and autonomy

Module outline

StorytellingThe story of a manager facing the challenges of hybrid work, seeking to foster balanced collaboration
ArticlesTaking the pulse of remote teams · Mapping remote-work arrangements
Expert videoHow to rethink work organisation and smooth out remote interactions
AnchoringA quiz and True/False questions to dig deeper into the topic and anchor what you've learned
Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)

Models & methods

Lessons-learned review (REX); the sad-mad-glad tool; Maslow's pyramid applied to remote workers' needs; a charter of best practices.

Research-based

The case of Groupama's HR department (a bottom-up sharing platform), reported by Francis Boyer; Maslow's hierarchy of needs.