Building Resilient Engagement and Self-Determination: Two Foundational Principles for Managing Remote/Hybrid Teams

Front of mind for every leader these days is ensuring employees are engaged, productive, and healthy whether they are working remote, in-office, or hybrid. Workflows, communications, and policies are being reworked, and there is an acute awareness that managers need new skills and training to support their teams at a distance. This session reviews a practical framework for employee support that provides a central anchor for all of the challenges of “the future of work.” By training your managers to focus support on three specific psychological needs (backed by 40 years of behavioral science), a deep, productive, and resilient engagement emerges naturally for all employees, no matter where they are or what specific challenges they face. Better still, employees themselves are an empowered part of the process, drawing them closer to their work and to their teams, even at a distance. Take-aways include:

• How to facilitate employee buy-in to hybrid work
• How to support three psychological needs that lead to deeper employee engagement and productivity in hybrid, remote, and in-office work settings
• How to empower employees to take ownership over their work, success, and growth