How do you keep a team working remotely connected and on the same page? In this insights post, we will discuss some of the ways that you can set up your web portal so that your remote teams can stay connected. These are just some ideas and there are many other ways to accomplish the same goal!
Communication is key
We’ve talked about the importance of communication before, but it really can’t be stressed enough. Communication is key when it comes to remote work. When you’re working remotely, you miss out on a lot of nonverbal cues that come with in-person communication. Without those cues, miscommunication has a much higher chance of happening. This makes it important to have an outside communication channel that everyone can access. For example, Microsoft Teams is a great way to communicate remotely with your team. It allows for easy collaboration and instant messaging between team members and all of the messages are saved so they can be revisited later if necessary.
Another way to stay connected is by setting up regular meetings or calls to discuss certain topics or goals for the company as a whole. This helps keep everyone informed and on the same page without any confusion or misunderstandings.
Collaboration across teams and tasks
One way that remote teams can stay connected is by dividing up their work. This approach will allow you to assign different tasks to different people/teams. Each team will be able to work on their own task without feeling like they are doing the same thing as other people. By dividing up the work, it will also help with the workload and make it easier for each person's responsibilities, since there won't be so much weighing on them all at once.
In the era of remote work, effective collaboration across teams and tasks is crucial for achieving organizational success. A well-designed web portal can serve as a central hub for remote workers, fostering seamless collaboration, enhancing communication, and streamlining task management. Key elements of a web portal that encourages remote workers to collaborate effectively across teams and tasks include:
- User-Friendly Interface
- Team Collaboration Spaces
- Document Sharing and Co-editing
- Task and Project Management
- Virtual White-boarding and Brainstorming
- Integration with Communication Tools
- Virtual Team Building and Social Features
Find the right software or web portal for your business
The first step to setting up a web portal for your remote teams is to find the right software. There are many tools out there, but you want something that is going to work with the type of work that you do and be user-friendly. It should also have an intuitive interface so that new team members can easily navigate it. Some good options would include Slack or Skype Teams.
We recommend Microsoft Teams and it’s very user friendly for communicating with your team. You can create channels for different topics and post pictures, videos, links, etc in the chat room. It’s great for keeping a team connected. Skype Teams also has a free version and they have mobile apps which make it easy to stay connected on the go.
Set up a chat system
One of the best ways to keep your team connected is through a chat system. Chat systems are a great way to keep remote teams in contact without distracting them from their work. This is especially useful if you have multiple remote workers and need ways to communicate with each other quickly and easily.
Chat systems like Slack or Discord allow for different channels for groups, so you can create a channel for your team and then also create private channels as needed. This gives your team the ability to work together but still have privacy where necessary.
Ability to plan meetings and activities
If you’re working with remote teams, it’s important to plan ahead. Communicating days off, whether employees are coming into the office is key. Maximizing opportunities for collaboration when people are in the office is a great way to make the most of the team being in the office. Secondly, if your team is going to be working remotely on a specific day and you want them to have a discussion at the end of the day, coordinate this in advance. Make sure they know that they should start preparing for this meeting before they go home for the evening.
Additionally, if you’ve assigned work for a certain day and there are some tasks that won’t be done until the end of the day when people are getting ready to leave their office, make sure that you inform everyone so that someone can take responsibility for these tasks.
Planning ahead will help make sure that everyone stays on task and knows what is expected from them.
Include online training as well as offline training
If you want remote employees to learn and understand the company's processes, it is a good idea to include both online training and offline training. Consider leveraging the interactive features of Microsoft Teams for online sessions and provide your team with a brief that they can use for offline reference.
Wrap Up
With hybrid work on the rise, many companies are struggling to find a way to keep their remote employees connected. One of the most effective ways to do this is with a web portal. A web portal is a website that offers employees and managers the tools they need to communicate, work and train remotely. You can also use a web portal to keep employees aware of company news and updates.
With the right software, setting up a web portal is a relatively simple process. And by following these seven steps you will be able to establish and maintain an effective online connection for your team.
