The Power of Human Connection: How Leaders Can Build Belonging at Work
In this timely, interactive, and highly actionable presentation, Smiley makes the case that the future of work is human connection. In the wake of the pandemic, 70% of employees feel disconnected from their coworkers, and workforce disengagement is at a record high. Employee ...
In this timely, interactive, and highly actionable presentation, Smiley makes the case that the future of work is human connection. In the wake of the pandemic, 70% of employees feel disconnected from their coworkers, and workforce disengagement is at a record high. Employee disconnection leads to lower productivity and lower rates of retention. Meanwhile, creating high levels of workplace belonging is good for your people and good for your business. Employees who experience high levels of belonging at work have greater resilience, well-being, personal and professional growth. They experience a 56% increase in job performance and 170% increase in employer promotor score, and better-connected employees save large organizations up to $52 million a year.
What is workplace belonging and what are the key factors for creating more belonging for yourself, your team, and within your organization? Smiley will share an exercise for fostering team engagement and psychological safety, and practical tools and actionable habits to foster more human connection in every stage of the employee experience; from recruitment and hiring, to onboarding and training, mentorship and coaching programs, learning and development opportunities, team building experiences and connection exercises, and even weekly 1-on-1s and check-ins. At the end of this presentation, your team will have an easy-to-use toolkit to create a culture of human connection for your people, your customers, and your company.
Key Audience Takeaways:
- Learn 5 ways to increase human connection at work.
- Understand the definition of psychological safety and how to foster higher levels of psychological safety on your team, including a simple exercise to try at your next team meeting.
- How to make employee onboarding and training more effective and engaging for new employees.
- A concrete example of how one company built higher levels of human connection among their employees.
- A practical toolkit every leader, manager, and individual employee can use to build a more connected, collaborative, and engaged culture of belonging at work.