Strategies for Increasing Workplace Visibility
#1 Encourage Team Members to Share Their Work and Accomplishments
In a hybrid team, it can be easy to overlook accomplishments. Each day goes so fast, yet for many businesses, there are achievements every single day.
Encouraging your team to share their work and achievements is a great way to create a culture that values transparency and openness.
Employees feel more comfortable sharing their ideas and feedback when they know that their contributions are valued.
It’s also important for showing other teams what people have been working on, and putting projects onto the radar of those who may not be aware.
One quick and easy way to do this is by creating #win or #nomination channels in your current messaging app.
Whether you ask for daily or weekly win contributions, it’s always important to regularly recognize and celebrate the successes of your team.
#2 Use Tools to Share Relevant Office Information and Updates
Encouraging people to share their work and accomplishments is a great way to build morale and company culture.
However, we do appreciate it can be tricky to add another to-do to your employees’ very long lists (no matter how good the intention).
Instead, you can focus on who’s in the office to make people want to be more included. Simply use a workspace management software or app to display this information.
If you’re already using a collaboration tool like Slack, Trello, or Asana, avoid asking your team to use a new tool by finding an office visibility tool such as Officely.
Officely lives in your Slack workspace, so your team doesn’t need to hunt for who’s in the office.
You can join with one click, and everyone can view the announcements, extras, and activities that might be happening on any given day!
Admins can also set up Officely Broadcast, to be sent out each morning, or the day before (it’s up to you!) to a specific channel.
That way, your team doesn’t even need to click on Officely for an update on who will be in.
Officely has a free plan for up to 5 users that’s free forever — so you can try it before you commit. If you’re looking to increase your office visibility and office attendance, we think we’re a great place to start.
#3 Incentivize Coming into the Workplace for Employees
While technology can be a powerful tool for increasing workplace visibility, we’ve already touched on just how important in-person interactions are.
If you want to increase your workplace visibility, you need to make sure your team actually cares about who is coming into the office. Nurturing work relationships is key to this.
Creating opportunities for employees to interact with each other without a camera will help build stronger relationships between colleagues and foster a sense of belonging within the organization.
If you're unsure where to start, you can always send out an employee satisfaction survey to find out what is and isn't working currently.
While remote workers may not feel the need to come into the office day-to-day, it’s important to give them the opportunity to meet others, whether through company socials or in-person learning events.
Hosting high-value events for employees; whether through socializing or learning, is a great way to encourage employees to build stronger relationships, and thus check in on who’s coming into the office each day.
