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[quote=Anonymous]One of the problems with remote or hybrid working is that people feel less connected.  When you are in the office, you might chit chat with someone on the way to from the breakroom for coffee or the rest room or because they brought something to your desk from the printer.  When everyone is fully remote or hybrid and working different schedules, you have less chance to socialize even briefly with your co-workers.  This creates less invested employees and less of a team feel.  People feel less commiment to their work and coworkers and are more likely to be "only in it for the paycheck".

I know that it feels forced and invasive, but these types of exercises help fully remote or non-overlapping hybrid team members feel more connected to their co-workers when they know them as more than just the name on some emails or as a face that sits in and doesn't comment during meetings.

My suggestion for the people who dislike these team-building exercises, is to come up with one thing about yourself that you are willing to talk about and make each of the statuses about that.  Say you jog.  "Went for a log jog and really enjoyed the weather."  "Found a new place to jog, it's a park not too far from the office."  "Hate this type of weather because I can't go out.   I had to jog on the treadmill this weekend."  of you do things with your kids.  "Took the kids to the playground and really enjoyed the fall weather."  The kids and I found a new restaurant that we really liked.  It's a Mom & Pop shop.  Anyone in this area should check it out."  "So nice.  The kids went camping with scouts this weekend, so I had time to sit back and catch up on a book I have been trying to get through."  And so on.  You can even make stuff up about the topic, but just make the topic about something that can make people feel more connected to you.[/quote]

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