Best practices for virtual team building

Making sure remote teams feel connected is paramount. Isolated workers that do not feel part of the company will stop asking for help, they stop learning, and the business suffers. Having the collaborative tools in place is just one part of the jigsaw in making virtual workers feel part of the team. It’s the foundation – but to make it work, you need to build upon activities that bring everyone together. Most companies think that they have ticked this ‘human’ element by offering a weekly virtual coffee meeting. This isn’t enough. Not everyone can feel seen and listened to in a weekly virtual meeting, and the attendance for these types of voluntary meetings is generally poor. It’s usually the more gregarious team members that opt to attend and, by and large, these