Here's an excerpt from this week's Modern Mentor podcast,all about connection at work: I really do believe to my core that how we experience our work has a tremendous impact on the quality and creativity of what we deliver. Like, our employee experiences have a hard and direct impact on business results. My intuition on this is strong.
But you know what organizations don’t love relying on? Um, that would be my – or anyone’s – intuition. Alone. So luckily – but also sadly – for me, I’ve got some hard data to back my point of view here.
Gallup is one of the institutions whose research I follow most closely. They’re pretty dominant in the employee engagement space. And they just released their 2023 State of the Global Workplace Report. And here are a few things worth knowing. First, according to their research, 23% of the population is thriving, currently at work, while 59% are not engaged and 18% are actively disengaged.
Second, their researchers estimate that low engagement costs the global economy $8.8 trillion. And third – because these things should be stated in threes – these not engaged or disengaged employees are struggling deeply with connection. Feeling disconnected from team and workplace.
I’ve thought – and talked – a lot about connection over these past few years. I’ve watched it fray. I have heard from clients over and over, “In this new world of work, we can’t seem to figure this one out. How can we rediscover a feeling of connection at work?”
And so I’ve started asking around. Like, just asking people in my world – if remote working isn’t doing it, but also compulsory Tuesdays in the office isn’t doing it – what actually drives our experience of connection?
And what I’ve learned is that we just haven’t been thinking broadly enough. Connection is not just about physical proximity to others. We can feel lonely in a crowd and we can feel connected, alone.
So let’s talk about some pearls of wisdom I’ve been gifted by those around me who’ve been generous enough to share what makes them feel connected. Here are 5 of my favorite responses I received. And I think if we experiment with all of these, we just may start to see the tide turn in our favor.
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