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BEST PRACTICES

TO OPTIMIZE YOUR

WORK-FROM-

HOME EXPERIENCE

A s a result of the viral COVID-19 outbreak, many 1. Keep in touch and leverage

of us have joined the millions of people around
communications tools
the world working from home, which has been
declared a global pandemic. Many of the
Open lines of communication and building a strong rapport
world's leading US-based tech companies such as Apple, Communicate and stay connected with your colleagues!
Google, Facebook, Intel, Salesforce, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and with your team is crucial for maintaining interpersonal
Twitter have implemented work from home policies in an relationships while working remotely. Leverage digital tools
effort to keep their employees safe and slow the spread of we have available such as Teams, Skype, email, video
the virus. conferencing, messaging apps, etc. to facilitate
communication and stay in the loop with one another.
After a week of working remotely, our team thought it'd be
a great opportunity to share what has been working for us, Scheduling time for virtual coffee, lunch, happy hours, or
even a game of some sort are great ways to connect and
as well as compile some best practices and tips on what has
remove distance as a barrier between team members. This
enabled us to most effectively collaborate and stay
can fuel collaboration and real-time engagement, increase
connected with each other during this time.
morale, as well as help prevent feelings of isolation.
About the author For example, our team has scheduled a daily meeting that

gives us the opportunity to touch base every morning, keep
Viviene Ly up to date on our various projects/initiatives, align on
Digital Development Manager priorities, as well as kick-off the day over coffee as we would
AXA Next Lab US have done together in the office.

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