Overcoming remote working challenges

What is the biggest challenge your team faces with remote work? Is it communication, collaboration, sustainability… or something else entirely? Whatever the challenge, we know that a digital workplace can make things even more complex when you’re managing people in different places! That’s why at boxxe, we’re on a mission to help you create a ‘uniquely-you’ modern workplace where ideas flow, employees thrive, and teams are united.

Stilted staff meetings, endlessly buffering videos, sluggish direct messaging… We recently asked what challenges you consider the biggest in a recent poll, and these were the results:

• 28% of respondents felt that team collaboration was their biggest challenge

• 14% found cultivating creativity top of their list

• 21% cited communication as a big challenge

• And a huge 37% were most concerned with building and nurturing company culture.  

It seems we’re all familiar with the frustrations of remote working, and the usual culprits of an ineffective online work environment. But that doesn’t mean we should be. With the right tools and systems in place, you don’t have to be condemned to an eternity of remote working frustration. There are so many solutions, so if you’re facing any of the challenges above, read on to see how you can tackle them head on. 

Keeping your team engaged and on the same page can be an uphill struggle when you’re battling different time zones and signal quality. But with collaborative tools like Teams, SharePoint, GoTo and integrated business platforms like Microsoft 365, creating a healthy forum for discussion, ideation and collaboration is easier than ever. These tools allow for seamless interaction with everyone in your team, no matter their location. You can host virtual brainstorming workshops, make use of virtual whiteboards and integrate online mind-mapping tools into your everyday activities, to ensure your team’s concepts, ideas and opinions never go unheard.

To create the right conditions for creativity and innovation to thrive, you need to clear away any inefficiencies — so any workflows, processes or tools which are hindering, rather than helping. And then replace them with multi-functional, multi-application platforms like Microsoft Copilot. With AI assistants like Copilot, your team has access to a 24/7 virtual ‘helping hand’ which will automate and streamline those effort intensive and repetitive tasks, whilst suggesting more efficient ways to reach their goals.

Of course, key to working smarter, not harder, is the ability to work easily and safely from anywhere, on any device. That’s where virtual Desktops on Demand and unified services come into play. Because it’s not enough just to buy new hardware and software; everything within your IT infrastructure should work effortlessly in tandem. We can integrate these things into one centralised hub allowing you to provide a digital environment that is not only optimised for the team, but each individual too.

Secure and seamless interaction between your team, regardless of physical location, is non-negotiable for a thriving modern workplace. And because we all like to chat and interact in different ways, integrating communication platforms into your digital environment offers the perfect solution. From real-time messaging to international phone calls and video conferencing, these tools let your team communicate quickly and easily, in a way that works best for them, wherever they’re signing in from. 

If, like the majority of our poll respondents, your biggest challenge lies in cultivating culture, then we’ve got you covered. Because in reality, the best way to create that culture of trust and excellence is by prioritising communication, collaboration and creativity. Integrate solid tools for collaboration, seamless ways to communicate and optimised processes to improve employee productivity & make space for creativity. And if you can also combine that with comprehensive training and development programs (like our design thinking and agile practice workshops) your team will be well-equipped with the right mindset, tools and techniques to reach their goals. 

With boxxe by your side, your biggest challenges can become your greatest strengths; create a modern workplace where employees feel empowered, valued and ready to take on whatever challenges come their way, together. 

We can help you implement collaborative tools to help your employees thrive, wherever they’re based.