Resources for Supervising Remote Teams
With the impacts of COVID-19 causing many of us to work from home, the UNCW Onboarding Center has put toegether a catalog of resources to help supervisors manage remote teams. We've organized this catalog by resource type (i.e. article, podcast, webinar) so that you can jump to the types of resources that work best for you!
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Articles
- How to Manage Remote Direct Reports (Harvard Business Review)
- Research Shows that Newly Remote Employees are Anxious – Here’s How You Can Help (15 Five)
- How to Make Remote Employees Feel Included (Achievers)
- How to Manage Remote Employees (Achievers)
- 7 Tips for Onboarding Remote Employees (Achievers)
- Recognizing Employees in the Workplace vs. Remotely (Engage2Excel)
- 6 Tips for Managers to Keep Remote Employees Engaged (Take it Personel-ly)
- Top 15 Tips to Effectively Manage Remote Employees (Forbes)
- How to Build An Inclusive Virtual Culture with These 4 Effective Strategies (Forbes)
- How Organizations Can Create A Work From Home Culture and Embrace the Remote Workforce (Forbes)
- How to Be A Remarkable Boss During Lockdown (Greater Good Science Center)
- Tips for Onboarding Remote Employees (Robert Half)
- Back to Work: Managing and Hiring in the Covid-19 Era (Robert Half)
- Leading Remote Teams: 6 survival tips to improve communication and prevent burnout (The Enterprisers Project)
- Virtual Onboarding: How to welcome new hires while fully remote (The Enterprisers Project)
- Remote Employees Onboarding Checklist (Workable)
- Presenting Virtually? Don’t Make These 5 Tragic Virtual Presentation Mistakes (Forbes)
- How to Set Boundaries Between Work and Home (Forbes)
Guides & E-Books
- Stay At Home Reading List (Human Resources Today)
- Remote Working FAQs Guide (Workable)
- A Guide to Improve Employee Engagement (HR West)
- 25 Employee Engagement and Retention Ideas and Activities (HRT)
- Work from Home Habits of Effective People (Vital Smarts)
- Greater Good Magazine Workplace (Greater Good Science Center)
- Return to Work Guide (EAP)
Podcasts
- Managing the employee experience while returning to work (DecisionWise)
- What Does It Take to Really Listen to Someone? (Greater Good Science Center)
- Why Shared Goals Can Bridge Divides (Greater Good Science Center)
Quizzes
- Happiness at Work: How happy are you when you’re on the clock? (Greater Good Science Center)
- Emotional Intelligence: How well do you read other people? (Greater Good Science Center)
- Grateful Organizations: Does your organization elicit gratitude—or make people feel taken for granted? (Greater Good Science Center)
Webinars & Videos
- ENGAGEMENT MAGIC-How Managers Can Increase Engagement with Their Teams (DecisionWise)
- Keeping our Teams Motivated, Engaged and Content in an Ever-changing World with Julie Bruns, Workplace Wellness Consultant (Human Resources Today)
- Nourishing the Employee Lifecycle from Afar with Kerry Wekelo, COO, Actualize Consulting (Human Resources Today)
- How to Keep Employees Engaged and Connected in the New Normal of Remote Working with Elena Valentine, CEO, Skill Scout (Human Resources Today)
- Gratitude and Well-Being at Work Video Series (Greater Good Science Center)