1 will be discussing topic #1, as the topic of making someone feel welcome is one | can closely relate to. During this week's lecture readings, Lee Meadows discussed inclusion strategies. An inclusive strategy that was referenced was making a family member feel comfortable in your home. When merging with an offshore team, there are going to be feelings of anguish and anxiety among the new colleagues. They are coming into an environment where the current team is likely made up of colleagues who have worked with each other for some time, they all know each other, and they have built comradery. I'm certain we all, at some point in time, have experienced this feeling, whether it was starting at a new company, walking into a party or gathering where you didn't know anyone, or even moving to a new place. | think back to those situations and think about what made me feel welcome what did someone do that eased my mind and made me feel like | did belong? That is what inclusion is, after all - that you belong. Meadows goes on to describe several things that can be done right off the bat to ensure a warm welcome, such as a tour, an overview of how things are run, assigning a person that will help them with questions, a space they get to call their own, and access to any items that current colleagues have access to. In another article | read written by Gregory Witek on how to make an offshore team feel included, he noted that in countries that are popular for offshore work, such as the Philippines or Singapore, people change companies frequently because of the lack of integration efforts that result in making new hires feel like outsiders. He also noted that because of this, it was easy for them to leave because they felt no true connection to the company. When he was in the midst of integrating an offshaore team, the way he combated this was by mixing colleagues to work on projects together, so they had to communicate and get to know each other. He also said that he would invite colleagues to stay at their headquarters in Singapore to have lunch with the CEQ of the company and get to know other people throughout the company. He didn't stop there though; he also would send colleagues to the offshore locations to work a few days there, and they would get the opportunity to work face-to-face together (Witek, 2021). Both Meadows and Witek had the same idea that in order for someone to feel welcome, they have to feel like they belong. Activities such as mixing colleagues from different locations to work on projects together, sending colleagues to spend some face-to-face time with other colleagues, and inviting offshore colleagues to your \"home' are all great ways to ensure they feel like they belong