Virtual team building could make anyone cringe. The invite shows up, eyes roll, and half the team is suddenly googling "how long does food poisoning last".

And most of us in HR were never actually trained for this. We're just handed the task on top of everything else.

So I talked with Lee Rubin, co-founder of Confetti, about what makes virtual events work (and what makes them flop).

We talked about what events can't fix (e.g. bad management). And we discuss the humanizing effect of seeing your intimidating boss laugh during a murder mystery game — how it's harder to reduce someone to a caricature when you've actually had fun with them.

Lee also shares her hot take: participating in team building is part of a remote workers job, as long as it's during paid hours and you're given real permission to disconnect. Team-building is part of anyone's job if they are paid to do it - there's a reason leadership spends money on it.

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*** Connect with Lee ***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubinl/

Check out Confetti: https://www.withconfetti.com/

*** Connect with Andrea ***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-adams1/

Website: https://thehrhub.ca/