It’s hard to build real connections with your colleagues if you never get beyond superficial chit-chat. And yet people who have workplace friendships are not only more likely to be happier and healthier, they are also seven times as likely to be engaged in their job. What’s more, employees who report having workplace friends have higher levels of productivity, retention, and job satisfaction than those who don’t.
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Today technology allows us to speak with others across the country and the world without having to leave our office. This has become the new norm for almost anyone who has not been deemed an 'essential service' under the current COVID pandemic here in Canada. As is the case in the Sandbox Centre, there has been a shift toward open floor plan offices aimed at fostering interaction, energy and maximum communication. As Claudine Cousins, CEO of Empower Simcoe and the Sandbox HR CNNX group champion would agree, as human beings, we have an innate need to be connected to others, to belong.
Alarmingly, due to an increase of aging adults, the number of people experiencing social isolation is growing. As Claudine Cousins, CEO of Empower Simcoe and Sandbox Centre HR CNNX group champion would agree, as human beings, we have an innate need to be connected to others, to belong.