Tips For Those Working From Home, Advises Google

As more and more people are getting infected by the COVID-19 outbreak, companies have come up with a new solution, which is to let their employees work from home. In this context, though working like this can be relevant and advisable, the biggest issue lies in keeping teams coordinated while everyone is not in the same place. Therefore, to keep tasks completed and employees stay productive, Google has shared some tips regarding how to establish an effective and connective team.

When necessary procedures are all set up for the work transition from office to home, these following tips may be useful for the situation. The guide below comprises of tips shared by Google in a blog post.

1. Create the team's alias so as to stay connected easily. An email list consisting of all team members can help you share information quickly, as well as a chat room that will help facilitate faster discussions.

2. Make sure of the sharing permission on confidential and important documents, especially when other members or collaborators can get access to, edit and give comments when necessary. You may think of creating a team's shared drive, considering all team members can access, store and search every work-related files from their devices.

3. Arrange the time for all meetings right now so as to stay in touch later. Set up all invites on the calendar, set the time ahead for every schedule, as well as attach relevant files for every invite. 

4. Set up meetings with your coworkers daily to keep in touch. For some people, working remotely can be isolated, therefore, video meetings can be a great way to gather people in a virtual place. Also, you should turn on the camera to be visible to others when necessary such as presenting some content and doing Q&A sessions to keep the conversations continued.

5. Share your goals with your teammates and update them frequently. Even though it is via a chat room or a shared document requiring everyone to work on, a diary of what people have achieved in a day is an efficient way to connect and keep them stay updated with the latest changes, as well as follow up their action items. An internal site can also be set up as a central hub to gather all crucial resources and information for the team or as a public sharing place all information for your organization.

6. Try not to engage too much with video. There are lots of tools and methods that you can choose from to keep the connection with your team. It can be a chat room, a short survey, a shared document or a conference call. Choose the best among them especially when you are all sharing the same internet connection.