R E M O T E W O R K E R S
Five Ways
Leaders Can Motivate and
Inspire Remote Teams
Helping employees keep pace with your company’s goals
By Judy Gaus, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations,
Association of Equipment Manufacturers The sudden onset of remote work
has impacted companies and
organizations around the world.
It happened almost overnight. The
COVID-19 pandemic led business offic-es
to close their doors and employees
to find a way to conduct their work
from home. We all went from congre-gating
in meeting spaces and around
cubicles to interacting “face to face” via
our computer screens. For the past few
months, we’ve found ourselves catching
glimpses of each other’s homes, hearing
dogs bark and listening to children yell
and laugh during video conferences.
While we’ve never been farther apart
from our colleagues, it’s nice to know
it doesn’t always have to feel that way.
As different jurisdictions open up and
some offices welcome back employees
into their facilities, some members of
the workforce will continue to remain
remote for the time being. With that
fact in mind, AEM is sharing five useful
and common-sense ways in which busi-ness
leaders can motivate remote teams
and help them keep pace with organiza-tional
demands and goals:
1. Check in frequently
Whether it comes in the form of ask-ing
a quick question, clarifying a detail
or soliciting feedback on an idea, find a
reason to reach out to your team mem-bers.
Not all that long ago, it was so easy
to simply swing by a colleague’s work-station
and have a quick conversation.
Now, with so many people working
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