While working from home has its own set of benefits, it comes with certain challenges for employees for instance staying organized and managing time.

In order to improve the work from home experience for your employees, S2M has put together some strategies.

1. Equip your team with the right technology

Ensuring that all your members have the right technology is the first step to achieving the goals. If you run your meetings on Microsoft Teams , make sure everyone from the company is connected to the right channels and has access to everything they need.

2. Provide constant source of motivation

Working from home might lead to reduced sense of motivation and disconnect. This is why it’s essential to provide your employees with purpose which makes them feel driven every day. Make use of different ways in which you can motivate them. For instance have 15 minutes all every day to discuss daily team goals. Consequently, if these goals are measurable it is even better because people work best when there are numbers to achieve.

Similarly, together with motivating your members, make sure to encourage and praise them. At a situation like this, some kind words can do wonders and accelerate productivity significantly.

3. Host social events

Sometimes, after a long hectic work week, all the team needs is some relaxation time. It might be great to host say a digital happy hour session for an hour every Friday. Not only will this relieve stress, but it will also help to significantly increase social interactions. Digital social events might also play a huge role in improving the mental health of employees which in turn would improve the productivity.

4. Clear feedbacks

In a situation where everyone is working remotely, feedback is the most important aspect of taking the next steps. In order to establish clear forms of feedback, make sure your employees know how to reach out to you; perhaps it might be a good idea to set apart some time just to provide feedback to your employees. Make sure you provide clear instructions before and after the projects are completed. This will improve the efficiency of the projects.

5. Provide an appropriate system

Providing a clear structure of communication and working would significantly help the employees to work smoothly.

If the team is large, it might be worth considering having a project management system where a PM takes charge of project. It might also be good to have lunch learn sessions where team members can discuss relevant aspects of their projects.

Work from home is going to become the ‘next big thing’ post COVID-19 so ultimately it depends on you to create a good work from home company culture. If you want more such tips, feel free to reach out to moreinfo@s2m.com.au.