{"id":871,"date":"2020-11-25T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/?p=871"},"modified":"2022-06-27T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:13:29","slug":"maintain-company-culture-work-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/maintain-company-culture-work-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Maintain Your Company Culture Even When Everyone Is Working From Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Companies were thrust into a new work environment<\/a> \u2014 one that doesn’t require any commute, small talks at the water station, and devoid of non-stop interruptions from that ever-perky colleague. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But companies found it difficult to maintain their company culture as working from home stretches to months and, well, now years.<\/p>\n\n\n

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How to promote your company culture in a work form home setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Overnight, that dusty little desk in the corner of the house turned into the de facto workstation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It sure sounded fun \u2014 at first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the government lockdown<\/a> stretches on with no end in sight, a flurry of activities sets off \u2014 people started taking business continuity plans more seriously, IT worked to secure remote access for everyone, and HR had to think of how to ensure everyone worked their hours. <\/p>\n\n\n

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While there was much talk about how it has affected the economy, there is little discussion on how it has affected the workforce\u2014stress, anxiety, and depression are on the rise among those working from home. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what can a company do to make sure that their employees retain a positive outlook, and that the company culture is still alive in them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Set daily get-togethers with the team.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Avengers Assemble, if you will.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A work-from-home setup can also mean that people can be actively<\/em> working at different hours of the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule a specific time (just 15-30 minutes) every day<\/strong> to get the team to gather and share their deliverables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Daily Scrum<\/a> framework is widely used among tech teams. 3 main questions are asked of each team member to ensure accountability:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What did you do yesterday?<\/li>
  2. What will you do today?<\/li>
  3. Is there any challenges stopping you from achieving any goals?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    You may also want to set aside special days for less serious stuff. It can be as simple as Cartoon Thursdays<\/strong> where everyone dresses up as their favorite cartoon character or Cocktail Fridays<\/strong> where members do a show-and-tell and sip on their favorite cocktail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

    2. Limit messaging groups to only relevant stakeholders.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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    Nightmares are made of these.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Receiving notifications on your mobile about new messages can be pretty daunting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Make sure that a chat group set up for a specific project only includes people who are actually needed<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Aside from streamlining who receives the notifications, it also saves everyone\u2019s time… and sanity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Send care packages.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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    It can be as frivolous as a weekend staycation box complete with silk pajamas and champagne or as simple as food delivery to each team member\u2019s home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And with the quarantine measures limiting movement everywhere, a surprise delivery would always be welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. Create a common team project.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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    My kind of team.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Get the whole team together by creating a common project that everyone can be a part of. This allows team members to put on a different hat and take a breather from their routines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Who knows what talents you’ll discover from the members? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here’s one: Get each department to share an idea on how to celebrate Christmas virtually this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That’s one heck of a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. Set 1-on-1 chitchats with each team member.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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    Have your finger on the pulse of your team members\u2019 wellbeing by giving them the time and space to air their thoughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Get creative with how you do this \u2014 let them send you notes<\/strong> or curate a Spotify playlist<\/strong> to tell you how they really feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Some of the above have been implemented by multinational companies in the country. Nestl\u00e9<\/a>, for one, has provided support to its employees and third-party partners through a more flexible work scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Business process outsourcing companies<\/a> used creative online team buildings<\/a> to ensure that the synergy experienced in face-to-face encounters would still be present even in a remote work setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The new work setup has drastically changed in the past few months, providing us with many business lessons<\/a> and creating a highly volatile environment for both employees and companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But with a little out-of-the-box thinking, we can ease the company and its workforce into the new normal without losing that human touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Featured image by Chaay_Tee<\/a> from Getty Images<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How can you help your employees stay sane even if you’re not in the same space? Here are 5 ways for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"5 Ways to Maintain Your Company Culture","_seopress_titles_desc":"Company culture is what keeps people together. Here are 5 ways to keep the culture strong even when everyone's working from home..","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5463,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions\/5463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ninjavan.co\/en-ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}