Leading Hybrid Teams – the ABCs

In just 2 years hybrid working has gone from being a ‘fringe practice’ to standard procedure for many organisations. And the opportunities for greater inclusion for people who might have struggled to enter certain jobs have sky-rocketed, but is your organisation making the most of this and are your managers confidently leading hybrid teams?

To make a success of hybrid working there are some key questions all organisations need to ask:

• Trust – are leaders at all levels committed to making hybrid-working actually work and do they trust their teams?
• Communication – are managers considering how best to communicate with teams? After all, the last 2 years have shown that endless video meetings don’t help with focus and motivation, instead they can lead to burnout;
• Flexibility – are leaders considering all forms of hybrid working? Because not everyone will have the same needs: e.g. even in 100%-remote organisations some people might want to work from co-working spaces near their homes to get interaction with people;
• Inclusion – are existing team members feeling connected with their team and organisation? Are potential new hires seeing the organisation as a welcoming and viable place to work?
• Wellbeing – are your managers equipped to have wellbeing conversations with team members? Not everyone finds home-working easy, even if they want to do it. And not all managers find it easy to have conversations about wellbeing.