The document discusses 5 ways to build strong remote team culture. It recommends regularly communicating from leadership through town halls and updates. It also suggests creating an internal influencer program to spread content and connections across the company. The document advises having a remote onboarding plan for new hires and launching virtual groups and events like meditations, workouts, gaming sessions and coffee chats to foster connections.

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5 Ways to Build
Great Remote
Team Culture
Nicole Gottselig
Senior Content Manager and Employee Culture
Uberall
April 2020

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The Future of Work
is Remote
86%of respondents believe remote work is the
future
Results from Gitlab’s March 2020 report, surveying 3,000
people across various industries and locations.

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68% out of 1,595 in Germany say they
want to do more home office after the
COVID-19 crisis
68%— Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation
April 2020
The Future of Work
is Remote

4. Why Do Social
Connections Matter for
Remote Teams?

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Humans are hardwired for connections.
Whether introverted or extroverted, we all still
need to be able to put a face to the people we
are working with every day
Loneliness is one of the most common
complaints about remote work, with
employees missing the informal social
interaction of an office setting — Harvard
Business Review
A recent Gartner survey found that 41% of
respondents don’t feel connected to
colleagues when working remotely and 26%
of employees feel isolated when they work
remotely

6. Step 1:
Make Sure You Have the
Right Tools in Place

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Online tools mean our office
can be anywhere
Use them wisely . . . Tools
should not replace a phone call
or a video when you need to
problem solve or brainstorm

8. ● Online calendar: Share your calendar with your team
make it open to make it easy to connect, see availability and send invites.
● Online docs: Use online documents to collaborate in real time during meetings and create shared
agendas and notes during the meeting.
● Slack is our chat room, designed to replace email as your primary method of communication and
sharing. Its workspaces allow you to organize communications by channels for group discussions and
allows for private messages to share information, files, and more all in one place.
Other tools that could enhance your remote experience can be found in the Resources section.
Online Meeting Tools We Use To
Stay Connected with Each Other

9. Step 2:
Communicate Regularly
From the Top Down

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Schedule regular updates
from your leadership team
Monthly town halls (virtual)
Q&A periods at the end of
town halls
Company-wide emails
and Slack messaging

11. Step 3:
Create an Internal
Influencer Program

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What is an Internal
Influencer Program?
A) It’s good for business
● Also called “employee advocacy”.
● A proven way to spread content
across social media by tapping into the
networks of your employees.
● People buy from people they are
comfortable with — they don’t always
buy from brands or companies but from
people they feel connected to and trust.

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B) It’s even better for building
strong social connections across
the entire company
● Boosts internal camaraderie
● Make new connections
● Expand your professional network
● Build a stronger personal brand

14. Step 4:
Have a Remote
Onboarding Plan in Place

15. ● Nothing beats meeting people face-to-face
● Especially when it’s about welcoming new colleagues in the company
● We knew that the April new hires would not be able to get the same welcome with an
office tour on their first day
● We did our best to overcome this by delivering the carefully prepared Welcome
Packages, containing all needed items along with some other “treats”
Remote Onboarding: It’s A Do

16. Step 5:
Launch Virtual Groups
and Events

17. How Uberallers stay connected (virtually)
The team that plays together, stays together Slack Channel
💪🏽We keep active. Squats, lunges, planks, anyone? #hiit-it
🧘🏾‍♀We sit together for group meditations every day at noon #meditation
🙆 We make sure to take breaks and stretch it out together #stretching_break
🎮 We game #uberall-gamers
🏠 We share tips and tricks on working from home (plus lots of
memes and random fun stuff)
#homeoffice-hacks
☕ We get to know other Uberallers over coffee #virtual-coffee-chat

18. Nicole Gottselig
Content and Culture
nicole.gottselig@uberall.com