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If you’ve never been a remote team member, you may be trying to figure out how to navigate working from home. This can include trying to figure out an ergonomic set-up for your office, communicating with your team, staying focused and on task, and learning new tools and technologies.

Managing a remote team can feel both entirely new and a departure from the status quo. While some managers have been integrating remote work for years, others may be managing remote teams for the very first time. Don’t worry … you’re not alone!

Mental health affects us all. CMHA reports that, on average, 1 in 5 people will experience a mental health issue. That could be you, your friend, your family member, or colleague. As a team, it is important to check-in on each other. Remotely, this can mean a short chat message, a quick virtual coffee, or even an email. However, you choose to connect, your colleagues will surely appreciate the small gesture.

Professional development can be a constant challenge for remote workers. They often don’t have access to the regular meetups, conferences, or events that can enable their learning from afar. Here are some great learning platforms you can start following today in order to bring your learning online … and for free!

Staying organized can be challenging when your team post-it note wall must span from coast to coast to coast. Online project management tools can help put your to-do lists in one place and keep your team accountable and on mission. There are a number of project management tools you can download, but a few of our favourites include Trello, Basecamp and Miro.

It can be hard to judge a room, and the reactions within it, if all you can do is hear and not see people’s reactions. Videoconferencing therefore one-ups traditional teleconferencing as it enables face-to-face interaction, an important aspect in keeping people at the centre of a remote work culture. There are a number of videoconferencing tools you can download nowadays, but two of our favourites include Webex Meetings and Zoom. Note: Some collaboration hubs may include videoconferencing as a built-in feature.

Virtual meetings are an important part of remote work; they are the lifeline to our teams, the link to collaboration, and often the only opportunity for face to face interaction. However, virtual meetings can also be the thorn in our side and the cause for frustration. It is therefore important to consider how virtual meetings are run in your team so that they serve as a benefit and not a drawback.

Agile has emerged as a promising practice and is increasingly making its way into the public sector’s approach to program and service delivery.

In one of the previous episode “#GCDigital”, we talked about what “GCDigital” means to you. In this episode, we explore how you can take steps to increase your digital literacy—in other words, how you can use digital technology and communication tools as part of your day to day work. This could include accessing and managing information and communicating with others.

Digital technologies are an increasingly important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. It is essential that these be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with diverse abilities. Access to information and communications technologies, including the Web, is defined as a basic human right in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD).

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