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Introduction stressors of hybrid work and
implement strategies to mitigate their

impact on your team.
Welcome to the "New Work Culture" project's
5. Achieving an online/offline balance:
guide to effective team management in a
Master the art of balancing digital and
hybrid environment. This guide is an essential
offline tasks to promote productivity
tool developed to train managers, HR experts,
without over-reliance on screen time.
and other leaders within organizations,
6. The essence of good online
designed to enhance team efficiency,
leadership: Gain insights into effective
stimulate creativity, foster an innovative spirit,
leadership methods in remote
and encourage strong interpersonal
contexts, fostering a sense of trust and
connections—even when working remotely.
accountability.
In the evolving landscape of work, the ability to 7. Integrating hybrid work into policy:
manage teams across both physical and virtual Learn how to incorporate hybrid work
spaces is paramount. This guide covers a range arrangements into your organization's
of pertinent topics to help you navigate this policies, ensuring clear expectations
space effectively: and guidelines.
8. Monitoring online work progress:
Develop techniques to track team
progress and performance effectively
and ethically in a remote context.

To come to these eight topics, we have
consulted 29 experts across France, Belgium,
the Netherlands, Spain and Cyprus and asked
about the key aspects of successful hybrid
working. Based on a consultation of 29 experts
on working in a hybrid environment, these
eight topics have been identified as key
aspects of successful hybrid working.
Each topic is divided into practical subtopics
1. Building a team culture in a hybrid
and each subtopic will be explained. For each
environment: Explore strategies to
subtopic you will find a theoretical
foster a collaborative, inclusive, and
explanation/background, followed by how this
supportive team culture that
subject is different in a hybrid work
transcends physical boundaries.
environment in comparison to a traditional
2. Setting priorities and objectives with
office environment and the importance of the
the team: Learn how to collectively
subject in a hybrid work environment. The last
establish clear goals and
‘chapter’ for each subtopic provides practical
responsibilities, ensuring everyone is
tips and tricks, but also examples of activities
aligned and contributing to the team's
that you can do with your hybrid team.
direction.
3. Motivating team members: Discover Our target audience includes managers, HR
ways to inspire both individual and experts, and team leaders who are navigating
team-wide motivation, driving high the hybrid work environment. The guide aims
performance and job satisfaction. to enable these professionals to work more
4. Identifying and reducing stress efficiently with their teams, stimulate
factors: Understand the unique creativity, encourage innovation, and improve

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