{"id":36993,"date":"2022-12-06T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/?p=36993"},"modified":"2022-12-06T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T12:28:11","slug":"are-your-remote-employees-floundering-in-a-sea-of-loneliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/management\/are-your-remote-employees-floundering-in-a-sea-of-loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Remote Employees Floundering in a Sea of Loneliness? Top 5 Killers of Motivation in Your Remote Team ","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Covid-19 pandemic brought various restrictions to minimize person-to-person interaction, including shelter-in-place orders, quarantines, curfews, and lockdowns. As a result, organizational leaders were prompted to embrace remote working as a way to ensure business continuity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To some organizations, remote working proved very effective, with many choosing to have most of their employees continue working remotely even as the nation opens up. However, the biggest challenge with remote working has been worker loneliness and lack of motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that identifying the leading causes of loneliness and reduced motivation in your remote workers can be an excellent way to ensure they stay productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five Motivation Killers in Remote Workers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Absence of Effective Meetings<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Meetings allow teams to come together and share ideas while also getting directions from the management level. But having a meeting for the sake of it may not mean much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When having meetings, a good rule of thumb is to ensure they are effective by identifying the discussion topics and preparing the agenda ahead of time. It would be best if you also tried to get employees’ feedback to help you improve on future meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having an effective staff meeting can help your remote teams in various ways, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n