How Coronavirus Helps You Improve Team Communication By Luke Smith. The coronavirus revolutionized the way businesses manage their day-to-day operations. Employees have shifted to remote work whenever possible. This has meant that there is a greater emphasis on communication and team training. Image Source: Pexels This shift has exposed weaknesses in team dynamics, post-pandemic processes, and team management. The time that was previously scheduled for meetings, events, and other tasks can now be used to focus more on team communication. This is where team leaders should focus their efforts to improve communication between members of the team in a remote-work or pandemic world. Project Managers must focus on team communication. It is their responsibility to ensure that their teams communicate effectively. This doesn’t mean just sending out emails hoping that the content sticks. To ensure your team is functioning in a cohesive manner, you can use real-time strategies and team training programs. Here are some things that you can do immediately:

• Create virtual meeting spaces such as Zoom or Google Meet.
• For different types of communication, establish protocols.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs), and measurement tracking systems.
• Reassure your team by inviting suggestions and feedback.

Communication is key to managing risk and crises. You need to establish expectations and use software to update the team on the status of projects and predetermined KPIs. Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, among others, allow for instant chats between team members, without lengthy emails or delayed responses. Communication in project management depends on the ability and forethought to manage the project. To gather the team and establish clear priorities, plan ahead with established protocols. As members of your team work remotely and in an ever-changing environment, the effectiveness of monitoring KPIs is crucial. You, as project leader, need to establish these indicators and create an update protocol for each member to report their statuses to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Shifting to Remote Work The shift to remote work can make it more difficult to keep up with employees, but it doesn’t have to. Today’s technology allows us to communicate in virtual meeting rooms and chat rooms. This makes it possible for almost everything that was previously done in-office online. You should be familiar with onboarding, training, and remote working protocols as a project leader. There are many free online tools that can help you, such as management training videos on YouTube. You can save time spent planning events that are no longer possible to learn about new online environments so that your employees can stay safe, comfortable, productive, and productive. Encourage and respond to feedback. This is perhaps the most important aspect of team communication and training. Feedback is essential. However, project managers may not realize how important it can be to improve team productivity. Surveys can be conducted on team training presentations, modules, and new protocols to gauge satisfaction, productivity, morale, and morale. Because of the constant changes in the world, it can be difficult for people to focus and maintain their mental health. Be sure to give your team the tools they need to succeed, and be open to receiving feedback. After giving their team the tools they need for productivity and communication, a good leader will respond to and adapt to feedback. By f