It’s not that the ideas for ways to keep your team engaged are scarce – in fact here are 37 of them.
The point is that managers struggle to understand that these days – perhaps most of the time, but these days in particular -, people do not get excited for a new work project, for the last quarter extraordinary results, or for the announcement of the new CTO.
People seek meaning, and enabling connection with peers and colleagues is one sure way to give it to them.
The fact that with remote work the task is more difficult should merely be an incentive to explore new and creative ways.