Cut & Paste Your Way to a Remote Workforce Employee Engagement Program
Tammy Cohen, PHR, SHRM-CP
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I’ve had our team collect all the actions we have taken to educate and engage our new remote workforce. Hopefully, you can utilize this resource to cut and paste your way to engaging your remote employees.
It has been years since InfoMart had a remote workforce to manage. With the exception of our IT team and some sales associates, everyone worked in a centralized secure location. Like most businesses, we enacted our Business Continuity Plan and now have 170 people deployed to their homes working remotely. The one thing we did not include in our plan was how to support our team in a remote work environment and maintain employee engagement. We are learning as we go.
Communication and microlearning is at the core of a successful transition. Long tenured teams don’t require much talk and fewer meetings. I am always amazed to watch our team jump into action.
We wanted to share with all our colleagues what we have done to engage our workforce as they work remotely. Hopefully, you can use our work product to assist you in engaging your remote workforce.