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Employee Appreciation Ideas for Virtual Teams That Actually Land
Appreciating employees is already personal work. Doing it across screens, time zones, and Slack messages can make it even harder. Remote employees may not pass their manager in the hallway. They may not hear casual praise after a meeting. They may not get the small moments of encouragement that happen naturally in an office. That […]
Communicating Appreciation to Remote Colleagues
As a larger proportion of the workforce has moved to remote and hybrid work, it is reasonable to ask whether employees who work remotely have different preferences for being shown appreciation than those who work onsite. To find out, we conducted a research study with almost 90,000 individuals who had taken our online assessment, the Motivating […]
The Complexity of Remote Work Relationships
A challenge in successfully managing relationships with remote team members is that there is not just one type of remote employee – although we tend to talk about them that way. We clump them all together, discussing how to deal with “remote employees” when, in reality, a wide variety of different relationships exist among remote […]
Recent Research about Remote and Hybrid Employees
Employees are returning to the office, but with more remote work flexibility than ever before. While it’s clear that remote and hybrid work is here to stay, it can be hard to navigate the continually evolving territory while also ensuring employees stay connected and feel appreciated. We wanted to highlight recent research about remote and […]
Communicating Appreciation to Remote Colleagues
Since a larger proportion of the workforce has moved to remote and hybrid work, it seems reasonable to ask whether employees who work remotely have different preferences for being shown appreciation than those who work onsite. To find out, we conducted a research study with almost 90,000 individuals who had taken our online assessment, the Motivating […]
Appreciation with Remote Staff and Virtual Teams
Effectively communicating appreciation to remote staff and virtual teams is a challenge, but as the data we obtained demonstrates, it can be done. Two weeks ago we polled employees and managers who either work remotely or manage others who are in a different location. We found the following results: Almost all (98%) of the respondents […]
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