How virtual meetings empower the remote workplace

Communication is the key to good collaboration in a team. But what about in a remote workplace? It’s easy and convenient today, with the help of virtual meetings through video conferences. And during this pandemic where stress, depression, and health issues are widespread, companies need to always check on their employees and empower them since they are working remotely. This will not help the companies’ productivity but also employees’ well-being. 

What does empowering remote workers mean? Empowering remote workers means providing them the chance to pave their path, manage their time, and become decision-makers instead of taking orders. Empowered employees have confident managers to do their jobs on their own, being creative, productive, and reliable while working on their own time and priorities independently. By empowering remote workers with independence, interest, and trust, managers allow employees to align the work they are doing with the company’s vision, mission, and goals which can lead to the company’s success. 

Talking about empowering workers in their remote workers, one of the most effective ingredients of this is good communication. And communication in this time of pandemic means using technology. Good thing that today, technology is everywhere. And one of the widely used technology today for communicating with one another is video conferencing. Yes, video conferencing is also vital in remote working because it is the main source of communication between employees to one. Through this, managers and employees can have online meetings, virtual conferencing, virtual retreats, and many more. Through these virtual activities, employees can stay connected and familiarize each other’s work ethics which means they can better collaborate. Because effective team collaboration leads to better efficiency and productivity, but achieving this is not easy. Remote employees may not be comfortable enough to reach out to their coworkers or maybe they might be hesitant to ask for help from their team leaders or members. So, to encourage remote team collaboration, companies need to find ways to make collaboration fun and easy for employees. You can do that by recognizing your employees’ contributions or even small achievements that contributed to the company’s success. This helps gain employees’ confidence and also maintain the company’s culture which remote workers missed experiencing from working remotely. Another tip for a better remote workplace collaboration is having the right remote work platform. The tools, platform, and website that you choose for your remote workplace can make or break your remote team. The right platform can help remote workers break communication barriers and work closely with their team and improve productivity. While the wrong tools or platforms can make remote workers isolated and confused from the team. That is why companies need to introduce platforms that are easy to access and convenient for employees to manage their work and collaborate with their coworkers as much as possible. Go for a digital workplace platform that can incorporate all your business data, tools, and files to make it easier for employees to communicate and collaborate. 

Empowering your remote workers with more than just a voice and giving them a physical presence in meetings through video conferences prove to enhance collaboration and communication, build teamwork and enhance productivity. Empowering is also a critical driver that instills a sense of ownership among employees toward their work and roles. That is why with the right business platforms and video conferencing tools empowerment of remote workers can be easily achieved which can help productivity in the workplace.