9 www.virtual-teams.eu They have fixed meetings between internal teams and lessons within the department. They also provide employees with free seminars with fitness and psychological support programs as well as an anonymous telephone line providing psychological support to employees. Issues are discussed among team members to make jointly with respect and cooperation to achieve goals. Most employees feel more productive in the workplace, so they want to return. The main challenge is the fact that communication with colleagues and the work environment is lost. At the same time, working at home brings difficulties as there are more distractions due to the absence of a separate and appropriate workplace at home. Other problems are the lack of tools and resources and the fact that work-life balance is often lost, as it is difficult for some employees to "turn off work mode" at the end of the day. The new conditions create the need for both digital skills training and psychological support for employees. There are some productive practices that Team Leaders/HR professionals/Managers follow to ensure the engagement and well-being of employees in the new conditions and prevent alienation. First, it is important to reward hard work and efficiency with various benefits and incentives, but also to adhere to the schedule, breaks, and fiveday work, so that there is time for personal and family life. Some interesting suggestions are online free fitness classes, online joint lunch breaks as a group, organization of excursions -when allowed by the state regulations, programs for healthy lifestyle tips, training through skills development platforms and time management instructions from the HR professional. 1.3.3. Ireland The findings of the field research show that team members and team leaders face a variety of obstacles, the most prevalent of which is communication. As can be seen from the surveys and focus groups carried out, team members miss their coworkers and do not feel the same connection when working remotely. As well as this Managers and team leaders mentioned how they have had a hard time trusting team members to complete tasks with minimal supervision. Respondents highlighted how they can always see work being done in a face-to-face work environment, such as an office, but this is not the case when working remotely, which might make managers feel "paranoid." To fix this problem, there has to be a lot more trust between employees and management.
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