Convincing your employees to return to work after 2 years of working from home can be tricky. The WFH culture has saved a lot of time, money, and energy. Hence, many offices and businesses are looking for ways to make this transition easier and stress free for employees. While adjusting to the work-from-home routine seemed impossible in 2020, travelling to work everyday gives a traumatic vibe now.
If you are planning to call your employees back to the office, you are not alone. However, as an organisation, it is imperative to ensure that this transition is comfortable and enjoyable. Continue reading this article to explore different techniques that can make working from the office fun for your employees.
Office Olympics
What better way to get your employees pumped up and excited about returning to the office than a tournament? Organise a fun-filled Office Olympics with games like bowling, life-sized Jenga, mini-golf, and more. Make sure the games are easy to participate in so that everyone can join in!
Mural Painting
Now here’s a team-building activity to help your employees discover and explore their creative side while adding a bit of colour to your office, literally! Invite your team to participate in revamping the workplace by clearing out a blank wall to paint a community/office mural on. It can be a great employee engagement activity to bring everyone back to the office with a sense of fun, while making them feel more connected to the company.
The Health MasterChef Potluck
Another delicious way to get your team excited about returning to office is through a Health MasterChef Challenge. This also gives them a chance to don a chef’s hat over their regular job and show off all the cooking skills inevitably learned during the lockdown. This team-building activity will help foster a sense of ownership, innovation, teamwork, and negotiation skills among your staff.
Be Flexible with Your Returning Workforce
As an organisation, you must remember that your teams had the flexibility to set their own schedule while working from home. Thus, it is imperative for you to offer flexibility in multiple ways like allowing them to work from the office on alternate days. You could also allow extended lunch hours because we all have loved our lunch breaks at home.
Personalise with Gifts to Welcome Your Employees
Now that your employees are all set to work from the office, how about welcoming them with a sweet gift that shows how much you care about them? This gift could be anything, a gift card to a coffee shop or a favourite snack. It could also be a personalised gift that allows them to make working from the office more comfortable. You could basically send out a Google form asking what could make working from the office easier for them to plan personalised gifts for everyone.
Now that you know the four best ways to make ‘return to office’ a piece of cake, go ahead and plan a grand welcome back. Get in touch with us to hold employee engagement activities that will tie your teams together for an efficient yet fun work environment. We organise team building activities and workshops that spur better communication, better employee, work satisfaction, and higher productivity. So, contact us now!