{"id":23350,"date":"2022-04-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appreciationatwork.com\/?p=23350"},"modified":"2022-04-03T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T04:15:09","slug":"battling-disconnectedness-and-chaos-practical-steps-for-staying-connected-with-your-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appreciationatwork.com\/blog\/battling-disconnectedness-and-chaos-practical-steps-for-staying-connected-with-your-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Battling Disconnectedness and Chaos: Practical Steps for Staying Connected with Your Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Connectedness has become a huge issue within our culture. The disconnectedness and loneliness created by the COVID-19 pandemic created massive upheaval in our daily social structure (working remotely, reduced social interaction with friends and family, chaos related to children\u2019s education and activities).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work life has been equally disrupted. Not only with arrangements related to remote, working from home and hybrid working issues, but our normal patterns <\/em><\/strong>of relating and communicating have been affected. When <\/em><\/strong>we see our colleagues, where<\/em><\/strong> we see them, how often<\/em><\/strong> we interact, the mode of communication<\/em><\/strong> (email, phone, video conference, text, in person) and the purpose <\/em><\/strong>of our interactions \u2013 have all changed. No wonder we feel stressed and disoriented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recently published an article on the key role connectedness has in retaining employees<\/a> and how our Appreciation at Work <\/em>training process<\/a> facilitates keeping colleagues connected at both work-based and personal levels. These address the issue of disconnectedness at a macro level. But sometimes we need some practical, easy-to-use actions that we can do today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, here are some simple, single-step behaviors we can put in place with our colleagues immediately.  None of them, by themselves, are momentous. But when used together, over time, they will definitely create a greater sense of togetherness between team members \u2013 both between two individuals and among a small group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potential connection-building activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n