Managing Remote Teams | Page 8

It can be easy to put team-building activities on the back burner these days. However, it's a leader's job to ensure the team is engaged and functioning well. These are some ideas to help managers create ways for cultivating connections and creating occasions for social interactions while we're all working apart.

To create a sense of belonging outside of a building, the key is getting in touch with your inner self, and enabling your employees to do the same.

For many, 2021 feels hopeful. A new year presents an opportunity to start fresh. Although it's good to be positive -- and we need hope to keep moving forward -- leaders are still managing teams during a long-term crisis and must foster team agility and resilience to roll with the punches.

Time tracking is essential for monitoring commitment and efficiency, but traditional time clocks cause avoidable contact among employees.