05/21/2021

Five Bad Habits Remote Workers Need to Bust

And the ways to do it

Over the past year, corporate leaders have pivoted quickly to adapt to remote working, leading their teams locally and around the world—virtually—primarily through videoconference calls. Some of the early data from executives show that many employees are as productive or more than the pre-COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. A Great Place to Work survey of more than 800,000 employees showed that some team members worked even harder, fearing that if they didn’t, they might lose their jobs.

But among the many costs of this productivity is that team members have been forced to set up shop at home, sharing the dining room table, converting one of the kid’s room, or working out of their bedrooms while their spouse or children or roommate are all fighting for space, WiFi bandwidth and sanity.

One of the other unintended consequences of remote working is team members developing bad habits. Back in the "old days," a little over a year ago, team leaders would have been to easily notice when one of their employees was slacking off or underperforming. Now, when the only contact with coworkers is via videoconference calls, leaders have to take a few extra steps to identify some of the bad habits they have developed.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.