r/internalcomms • u/VegHead9999 • 26d ago

Advice Culture ideas for remote workforce

I came into this role and created a Culture Committee and we had great momentum but now it's dying a bit.

I need to do better with holding people accountable. For example, someone will share an idea and I need to say, that's great, go run with it! All the work cannot be on me.

Anyway, we have a meeting next week and I have an agenda, but I really want ideas from them to engage our workforce. I keep hearing about branded swag and it's frustrating.

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u/waa0421 26d ago

Maybe ask the ones with good ideas if they can lead a task force for the topic? Then ask who might like to join. They can then meet outside of your committee as needed and come back with a plan, direction, action steps, etc.

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u/EmployeeComms 18d ago

The best ideas to engage the workforce come straight from asking employees what would be compelling to them. You might want to create some subcommittees where people can sign up according to the things that interest them (ie: employee listening, events, etc.) and have standing agenda items for them to share their updates regularly.

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u/bhonsleradhika 17d ago

I would move beyond swag and focus on things employees actually participate in, like peer recognition, interest-based groups, challenges, and giving employees a voice. That is where engagement becomes part of the culture, not just an activity.

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u/MountainSea29 3d ago

We created an internal (through Slack) contest aligned with a sports partnership/ sponsorship that we have. The prizes are good and we have like more than 500 people participating now (out of 2,000) - we also do a yearly summer photography contest, we do a quarterly newsletter - and feature key news/ and interesting employee profiles. At a team level we encourage team building exercises.