đ„ đŒ Remote teams - do you have any best practices for team-building meetings?
Anita KwaĆnik
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Nowadays, when many teams still work remotely, it's sometimes hard to get the right balance of strategic/operational and team-building meetings. What are your thoughts on this?
- What format creates for you a family feeling in the team?
- How often do you do team-building sessions?
- Do they have any structure?
- Is it always one person leading them, or do you swap?
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Oscar Wehbe@oscar_wehbe
At our team meetings (once a week), we talk about what we did on the weekend, how we're going with exercise and other general lifestyle things. It helps me become accountable for things beyond work in a that I'm accountable to a friend. We also play games together which is more of an organic bonding experience.
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@oscar_wehbe Thank you Oscar! And how much time of this weekly meeting do you reserve for chats?
@anita_kwasnik I would say it fluctuates between 40-60% of the 1 hour meeting. We're pretty aligned on how our work is going as we're still a small team (11 people), so it's not necessary for us talk about work stuff unless we're clarifying deadlines or we're all providing feedback on an idea being brought to the team.
As the head of the department, Iâm running everyday meetings with my team. I share some news with my team about company life and progress even when this news isnât directly connected with my department. Then I share my results for the past day. Members of my team have their own repeated tasks, so I like to keep them motivated by creating the feeling of common work and goals. Then I ask each of them about their non-repeated task, if I gave them any. And for the ending I usually ask some question about current news on politics or economy, or I may ask them some questions about their personal lives, if they previously shared something with the team. Sometimes I share something about my free time too. So, the end of the meeting is more of a chat. This style is a little bite time consuming, but it fits for a team with highly independent work positions, when members donât interact much.
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