This article was a featured article from Tuesday 28th April – Tuesday 9th June 2020.
With vast swathes of the world of work now working from home, one result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been to accelerate the arrival of many aspects of the new world of work. The current situation has meant that organisations are onboarding remotely and trying to maintain their culture within a suddenly remote workforce, but many are struggling.
Onboarding can be difficult at any time, let alone when everyone is working remotely, potentially in an environment they have never experienced before within a new organisation. Understanding how to onboard your new employees remotely could be the difference between your success or failure during the lockdown.
Historically, businesses have operated in locations where the majority of their organisation (or team) is based, which makes culture quite easy to build and maintain, however when everyone is based from different locations, with entirely different setups and less interaction with their direct team (and the wider organisation), in times like now, it is a lot harder to maintain that shared culture. Communication (much more than you think), is definitely one of the biggest factors to help maintain your already existing culture whilst you’re apart.
To help their partners manage more successfully during these challenging times, Elements have collated best practice from around the world and created the new official Elements Guide: detailing how to Onboard Remotely and how to Maintain Culture in a Remote Workforce.
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The Business Transformation Network has shared this article in partnership with Elements.
