Temel Kavramlar
Effective team engagement strategies are crucial for remote organizations to overcome challenges and foster a sense of community.
Özet
The Adeyemi Foundation, an NGO in Nigeria, faced various challenges in maintaining engagement and productivity within its remote team. Here are the key highlights and insights from their journey:
Lack of Activities
Initial focus on projects led to disconnection among remote team members.
Engagement dropped across communication channels.
Solution: Introduced weekly activities like webinars, trainings, games night, and discussions.
Graphic Design Team Issues
Struggles with consistency in delivering quality designs.
Multiple changes in team leads affected results.
Solution: Executive director stepped in as the team lead to understand issues and build empathy.
Accountability System
Absence of a reward and punishment system impacted accountability.
Introduction of a system to ensure accountability for both positive and negative contributions.
Weekly Progress Reports
Implementation of structured progress report meetings for team leads.
Monitoring and evaluation by an M&E team to track performance.
Key Changes Made:
Prioritizing essential activities over non-essential ones.
Increased involvement and availability for assistance within the organization.
Transition from leading by abdication to leading by delegation and example.
İstatistikler
"100% of its members worked remotely."
"We had new sets of graphic designers on the team."
"After making the vacant position known, the team members weren’t turning up."
Alıntılar
"I did this primarily for two reasons: To understand what the problem is exactly with the team... And to build more empathy for other team leads."
"One thing I knew for sure was that I had the personality of an entrepreneur and manager..."