10 Best Virtual Team Building Activities to Keep Your Remote Employees Motivated and Bonded
Are you looking for something to help you build a closely-knit team of remote employees?
Today every organization is trying to boost the morale of their employees to ensure better team collaboration. Although remote work has its pros — it allows employees to use their time more efficiently, offers them flexibility, etc., but what about the organic conversation and bonding that happens in an in-house workspace.
Do we have an alternative for team lunches, coffee breaks, and outings that boosts team communication, trust, and productivity?
Yes, we do. When people work in self-isolation, it often drops their zeal to work affecting their productivity.
Are your employees too facing productivity issues? Leverage different remote team building activities to keep their motivation levels up and running. These activities will help remote team members to know each other better and create a holistic work environment.
Here is a list of ten virtual activities that you can organize to make your team-building sessions fun:
Online Coffee Breaks
Weren’t we worried about missing out on the coffee breaks when working remotely a while ago? Well, it seems like we don’t have to quit it entirely. You can also organize virtual coffee breaks via Skype/Zoom/Google Meet, etc. Set aside a few minutes of gaps during your working hours to engage employees in virtual conversations over a cup of coffee.
Organize A Story Writing Competition
The story writing competition can be an excellent way for employees to showcase their creative side and bond better with each other. You can organize this activity every week wherein a group of employees can share creative stories about a place, a friend/work colleague, or any funny incident.
Encourage other members to review the stories to make the activity more interactive and boost confidence levels.
Virtual Cultural Programs
Give your employees the chance to become the superstars of an evening by organizing a virtual cultural program. Be aware of the hidden talents of your team members and make them participate in the event.
You can either give your team a break from work for one or two performances or even organize the event over the weekend.
Quiz Sessions
Quizzes are the most simple activities that encourage team-building. Not much preparation or resources are required to organize a quiz session. Simply choose a particular day and genre for your quiz session, divide the teams into multiple groups, and you are ready to go. Online quiz sessions are great to take a break from everyday tasks and refresh your employees.
Online Games
There are hundreds of online games that you can choose to engage your remote employees in a fun activity. It is an excellent means of improving social interactions among your team. You can also keep an award for people who participate in those games.
Virtual Icebreaker Activities
Do you think your team has worn down a bit amid this remote working culture? Well, with virtual icebreaker activities, you can boost their engagement levels back again and strengthen relationships. You can also start your virtual meeting sessions with an icebreaker to establish rapport and increase interaction. Consistently organizing such activities will allow your team members to feel more comfortable while interacting and participate.
Start Your Own Virtual Club
Depending on your team’s interests, you could start a club to discuss something that all of you enjoy. It could be either a movie club or a book club, or anything else. Such virtual clubs will allow everyone to know each other beyond their work-life and build trust and communication within remote teams.
Online Charades
Charades is a great way to engage your employees, get them up out of their zones, and start interacting with everyone in a fun and light-hearted way. To play the game, split your team into two or three groups and get everyone to join on a video call. Every participant will enact a movie while other members of his/her team will have to guess its name. The first person to get it right wins one point for the team.
The Best Photo Challenge
It is a super simple team-bonding activity that brings together everyone working in an organization. Pick a unique theme every week, create a challenge, and keep the participation open for everyone. Based on the challenge, the participating employees can share their entries, while others can cast their votes to select a winner.
Online Riddles
Remote-team building activities are incomplete without riddles. Look for some interesting riddles online or personalize them as per your work culture and employees. Share these riddles with your employees and maintain a leader board to track the winners. Incentivize your event with unique gifts for the winner and participants alike to keep their enthusiasm high.
