Team Practices
Have daily calls with your team
Meetings towards the start and end of normal working hours encourages the team maintain similar timings
Over-communicate in initial stages to make sure there is clarity
It is always good to ask the person on the other side of the line if they can talk when you call. Or better still, fix times for calls as far as possible.
Utilize technology for better communications. Video calls work well. Screen sharing helps.
Get to know your team members 'environment and see how best they can be helped. Sometimes even listening helps.
Create some lighter moments through virtual games, general discussions or sharing some interesting thoughts. It can just be a short 15 minute exercise when possible. We as a team share an interesting thought by rotation everyday. The other day we played a 15minute virtual hangman, it was enjoyed by all.
Have detailed discussions with subteams and encourage team members to work in subgroups and continue discussions within them.
It helps when team members self declare productivity. They add their key tasks and productivity percentage everyday. Enter yours as well in the same folder. In the beginning, reminders for calls and entering tasks may be required
Above all, trust them, they won't suddenly change due to work from home. Similar time taken for similar tasks also prove the same.
Individual practices
Maintain the same working hours as far as possible
Have more calls
Keep buffer for setting up
Keep a fixed workspace
Take regular short breaks. Tea, lunch, a short walk even in the house or light exercises
Find ways to make it more fun
Keep some time without calls, when you can just focus on the task at hand
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