The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to a number of\nchallenges and has seen millions of people working from home and learning new\nways of adapting. One of the biggest\nproblems faced by remote workers is the sense of isolation, and combatting that\nhas proven to be a daunting challenge for even the most talented of managers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it\u2019s something you\u2019re struggling with, this piece is for\nyou. Below, we\u2019ll explore a few remote\nteam building activities you can arrange for your remote workers to make them\nfeel like they\u2019re less alone and help forge stronger bonds between your employees\nwho no longer have the opportunity to interact with each other face to\nface. If that sounds good to you, read\non!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Peek Behind The Curtain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although your employees might know various details about\neach other, few employees ever get a peek inside the homes of their\ncoworkers. Assuming all of your\nemployees are amenable to the idea, set up a series of virtual tours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have each employee take a short video with their phone, taking their teammates on a guided tour of their living space.\u00a0 Then, next time everyone is together on whatever virtual meeting software you\u2019re using, have everyone take turns sharing their video with the team, and encourage all employees to really let their creativity flow when creating the videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal Fact Guessing Game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is another fun way for your virtual teammates to get to\nknow each other better. Privately, you,\nas the manager, communicate with each member of your team and ask them to share\nsome personal facts about themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The manager compiles these into a document which is shared\nwith the whole team. Next to each fact,\nthere\u2019s an empty column where each employee will write in the name of the\nperson they think the fact is associated with, and then, those guesses are\nshared during the next virtual meeting. \nOnce everyone\u2019s guesses are in, the manager provides the \u201canswer key,\u201d\nso everyone can see how they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the facts you get and the guesses made, this\ncan lead to all sorts of lighthearted fun, and it\u2019s a great way for various\nteam members to get to know each other better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two Truths and A Lie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a variant on the fact guessing game. Each of your employees takes turn making\nthree statements about themselves. The\nrules of the game are simple: Two of the\nthree statements are true, and the third one is a lie. It\u2019s up to your other participating employees\nto work out which of the statements is false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make the game more interesting, you, as the manager, can\nkeep score and award the person with the most correct guesses with some small\nprize or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These games may seem silly and lighthearted, but there\u2019s a serious point and purpose to them.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only do they help your remote workers feel less isolated, they play an important role in helping to forge bonds between members of a remote team that has lost the ability to forge those bonds via face to face interactions.\u00a0 There\u2019s tremendous value in that and these games are highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to a number of challenges and has seen millions of people working from home and learning new ways of adapting. One of the biggest problems faced by remote workers is the sense of isolation, and combatting that has proven to be a daunting challenge for even the most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employee-motivation-2","category-office-life","category-office-motivation"],"yoast_head":"\n