Employee engagement refers to work-life balance, work relationships, job fit, work empowerment, recognition and feedback, expectations, growth opportunities, and overall effects on how much an employee is committed to helping the organization achieve its goals.
A boost in employee engagement can improve employee morale, and productivity, retention, and absenteeism. Furthermore, it boosts employees' overall job satisfaction and general well-being. A happy employee is an engaged employee!
Just because a team gets along doesn't mean they are effective. If the teams get along too much it may be unprofessional as they are more likely to “slack off”. When you go shopping and see employees chatting with one another, are they being effective? Here's a quick way to check if you lead an effective team. If your team meets these 10 requirements they work well together, are productive, and most importantly create an innovative environment.
Ever since the epidemic, companies have been more open to hybrid and online work environments. Online work environments present a dual challenge for employers. While they ensure employees are consistently reachable for work-related matters, they also mean employees might find it harder to separate personal enjoyment from work-related activities, due to constant work demands.
Through virtual team building activities, the gap between personal life vs work life can be shortened. Virtual team-building activities allow employees to make more meaningful connections with other employees in the same company. In-person work environments allow for office conversations but through online work environments, these small interactions do not exist. When employees can make connections with one another they feel more motivated and responsible for completing their tasks, leading to more effective teams.
Note: Team building activities should never be forced, it’s unprofessional to expect your employees to constantly meet your demands outside the workplace. Although this does differ from culture to culture.
It’s all about transferring those skills and relationships from a game, quiz, or fun activity into their official work. If you learn how your colleague acts outside of work you are more likely to understand their mentality in the workplace.
Virtual happy safe spaces where employees can freely chat about personal or work life, think of it as a virtual lounge. These can break down barriers quicker and cost-effectively.
Hosting a successful just chatting event
Online escape rooms are a more exciting way to promote teamwork, who doesn't like a good challenge? The satisfaction from completing a team goal is a way you can show your team that they are capable in a fun way.
Friendly competition can be a great way to ease your team into a competitive work environment respectfully and encouragingly. It’s also a great way to look at how each team member manages competition.
Lighting scavenger hunts are designed to be fun and quick team-building activities that are fun. These are made for remote teams and start in a virtual meeting where you will receive clues such as “Breakfast food”. The first person to complete each clue gets a point, this could easily be turned into a team-based game as well.
Does your team consist of introverted peeps or readers? Maybe a book club is the right choice for you, this allows employees to do the bulk of the activity on their while still talking to colleagues about their favorite parts of the book or what they found intriguing.
Fitness leads to a healthier mindset, this activity is great as online work environments often have employees who don’t get those extra steps that you would in the office. There are plenty of mobile apps that allow group challenges and goals.
Classic games such as UNO allow employees to connect in a comfortable setting. If you are familiar with the game you can focus your attention on connection with your colleagues instead of spending your time learning instructions or game mechanics. Simple party games are best for this.
Murder mystery cases are all over social media as a trending way to bond with friends or colleagues. Not only are they physically available on Amazon but they can also be found online.
Some team members may struggle with naturally creating conversation, coffee chats can be a great way to know someone more and perhaps even delve into more of their interests and hobbies.
There are plenty of companies that offer whole game shows inspired by Office Feud, Jeopardy, and Price is Right to create a perfect game show for your team to participate in. Teams strategize, compete, and work together to complete a variety of challenges and questions.
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Kimmy Dinh is a young professional interning at Litespace with experience in various industries. Specializing in marketing, Kimmy uses that experience to share her industry insights on the hiring process.
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