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Hybrid Work Policies for Employees: Guidelines, Best Practices & Examples

HR Lineup

However, implementing a successful hybrid work policy requires careful planning, clear guidelines, and adherence to best practices. By setting transparent guidelines, organizations can ensure that employees understand what is expected of them regardless of their location.

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Meeting mayhem: Your guide to conquering meeting fatigue

Insperity

The era of virtual meetings brings with it a new type of meeting fatigue. While meetings are essential to fostering collaboration and building rapport in a digital work environment, too many can take a toll on team productivity and morale. Here are some tips to avoid meeting overload and strike the right balance.

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Virtual team building: How to create a cohesive remote team

Insperity

As we move toward the post-COVID-19 workplace, here’s a phrase we’ll hear about with increasing frequency: virtual team building. For employers who have embraced remote work, what will be the benefits and challenges of establishing and maintaining cohesive teams whose members work well together? Let’s take a closer look.

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12 5-Minute Team Building Activities: Fun, Fast, & In-Person

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Do your team building activities help support open communication and collaboration? Do team members have aligned goals – and understand how to have each other’s back? That’s because cohesive, connected teams function better and have more fun! Quick Fire Questions: Have a list of fun and lighthearted questions prepared.

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The Top 5 Misconceptions About Flexible Working

Professional Alternatives

Companies should offer clear guidelines on the kinds of flexibility provided like remote work, less hours, asynchronous schedules, task distribution or compressed work weeks; then craft a centralized approval process that makes sure the system is equitable. It is important for teams to regularly meet in person or virtually.

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we had to share our “shadow sides” and “be more vulnerable” at a meeting

Ask a Manager

This post, we had to share our “shadow sides” and “be more vulnerable” at a meeting , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: The small team of seven people I’m on (within a Fortune 500 company) recently had an offsite for team-building and strategic planning.

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Remote Team-building Series: Virtual Team-building Activities

Rise

Team-building is an essential part of many organizations, emphasizing a company culture built on relationships. However, it can be difficult to connect remote teams when they aren’t physically working together. For the foreseeable future, at least, team building has to be done remotely… or not take place at all. .