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- 1 Hour a Month to Supercharge Relationships 🚀
1 Hour a Month to Supercharge Relationships 🚀
...only 0.6% of your working hours!
Hi there,
Remote work can feel isolating.
Almost 40% of workers admit that they often feel lonely at work! 🙋
Loneliness negatively impacts everything from productivity to belonging to psychological safety.
Today’s strategy will focus on the positive impact of building authentic relationships… and you only need 0.6% of your monthly working hours.
⚡ Supercharge of the Week
Remote Octopus recommends setting up monthly, 15-minute 1:1 relationship-building conversations with your top four cross-functional collaborators.
Dedicating time to authentic relationship-building can increase your own and your colleagues’ sense of belonging. In turn, this sense of belonging can increase job performance by 56%... plus up to a 167% increase in employer net promoter score!
A big impact for 0.6% of your monthly working hours.