What are the ways to increase the mental wellbeing of a team working remotely?

When your employees are based in an office, it’s much easier to be aware of any habits or behaviors that may be affecting wellbeing. If your staff are remote – you need to keep a close eye on how they’re feeling and work to maintain a structure which supports their wellbeing. Here are simple steps we business owners can take to support the wellbeing of remote workers: 1. Establish boundaries between work and personal time 2. Set up regular one-to-ones and really listen 3. Set a good example 4. Provide an employee assistance programme 5. Remember breaks are important 6. Set goals but make sure they're realistic 6. Set goals but make sure they're realistic 7. Offer free or discounted fitness and wellbeing activities 8. Offer ‘duvet days’ 9. Check-in on how your employees are feeling

I'm the founder of Echo and I'd love to work with you on this topic. The biggest decrease that we've seen in mental wellbeing is caused by a lack of collaboration and/or inclusion. If there are ways that we can work together on meetings, or collaborate on notes, make meeting content more available, this creates the feeling of inclusion. FOMO is a huge influencing factor to wellbeing. I'd love to hear what your conclusions are on this topic though @aleynacatak

We have questioned this too! I believe it has to do with equilibrium. Finding the right balance between sprints and productive mornings and more lay back afternoons with the team. We have tried from playing games online, to sharing personal pictures on camera. All works well. We have also developed a product on those lines as we think this will be a need for many other teams, you can check it out here: https://onsite.fun

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I try snack-sized workouts that are available at fxgetactive.com - playing as a team can be fun and this eventually is a stress buster.

I guess finding ways to connect and engage with each other outside of work i.e playing an online game together. Each person should also find ways to improve their wellbeing outside of work.