4 Ways to Bond with Your Team (Virtually)

Now that most of us are working from home, what happens to the bond you once shared with your next-door cubicle neighbour? Or the team bonding festivities that you had every month? It can get lonely when you are working in solitude. Studies have shown that physical distance at work can also lead to emotional distance. Hence, having team bonding is crucial to create a healthy culture at work!

So here are 5 ways you can bond with your team!

Weekly Updates

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Have a short chit-chat session with your team before your meetings! Talking to your team can make you feel less lonely, so that you will still feel like you are part of a team. But please be careful of the video conference platform you are using, make sure that it’s safe!

Video Lunch Call

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Having lunch alone can be sad. And I mean really sad. Especially when it’s a time where everyone in the office looks forward to. Video call each other! Have lunch together, it’s like you never really left the office. Except you can steal a bite from your colleagues’ lunch, but then again, your lunch will not get stolen either.

Give a House/Room Tour

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This is quite funny. But if you are open to the idea, you can give a house tour through a video call with your team! It can be a fun idea, and your teammates can get to know you better as well, when they get a sneak peek into your home.

Delivery Relay!

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You can take turns and send small gifts to your teammates! Order lunch for your teammates! Bubble tea! Anything! Who wouldn’t love this fun little relay? Also, everyone loves delivery. Its exciting.

If your teammate had failed to send your lunch over, ditch the mate and order now at www.foodline.sg! We will deliver when your teammates will not. Also, this may be a sign to have a new teammate… this one sucks.