Today's great leadership advice comes from the recently released book, Thrive With A Hybrid Workplace, by Felice B. Ekelman, JD and Julie P. Kantor, PhD.
They explain that:
"Leaders need to facilitate connections with their teams. Two parallel tracks are operating: the work track and the personal track. Bosses who only focus on getting the work done generally have teams with poor morale, limited engagement, higher absenteeism, and the like.
Leaders who build interpersonal glue have happier, more engaged, and more productive employees," say the authors.
Therefore, they suggest you do the following to build your own interpersonal glue with your direct reports and the team at large:
- Create rituals at the beginning and the end of the day.
- Do virtual or live walk-arounds.
- Regularly schedule check-ins.
- Add additional check-ins as needed.
- Take a walk with an employee.
- Build in pre-meetings.
- Use ice breakers.
- Encourage networking.
- Create special-interest groups.
- Create a mentorship program.
- Conduct team-building activities, both off-site and on-site.
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