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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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In the latest episode of The Unmistakable Creative Podcast titled 'How Workplace Loneliness Impacts Performance', we sit down with Steven Van Cohen, public speaker, brand consultant, and co-author of 'Connectable'. As the world grappled with the sudden shift to remote work due to Covid-19, feelings of isolation and loneliness among employees surged, leading to a significant mental health challenge that affects both individuals and organizations.
Drawing from his book 'Connectable', Steven sheds light on the real and growing issue of workplace loneliness. He emphasizes that it's not just about the emotional toll but also the tangible impact on performance, engagement, and productivity. With over a decade of experience in addressing worker loneliness, Steven, alongside co-author Ryan Jenkins, has developed a methodology that pinpoints the causes of today's loneliness and offers solutions.
In this episode, listeners will gain insights into the role inclusion plays in combating loneliness, the importance of emotional intelligence in showing up for colleagues, and strategies to create environments of belonging, whether in-person or remote. Steven also introduces the four-step Less Loneliness Framework, a comprehensive approach to fostering connected, driven, and high-performing teams.
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| 0:00.0 | As you probably notice, this month, we're bringing you our Life of Purpose series and revisiting |
| 0:04.6 | some of our most transformative episodes. Tune in to explore expert insights and practical |
| 0:09.4 | strategies on help, performance, and community well-being, all aimed at helping you achieve |
| 0:14.4 | personal and professional fulfillment. If you sign up for the newsletter, you'll not only get |
| 0:18.5 | recaps of the key ideas in each interview, but at the end of the series, you'll receive our free Life of Purpose ebook. |
| 0:24.5 | What you have to do is go to UnmistakableCreative.com slash LifePurpose. Again, that's |
| 0:28.9 | unmistakablecreative.com slash life purpose. |
| 0:32.1 | Well, you're prioritizing different things. |
| 0:35.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:35.7 | You're prioritizing getting the work done fast. |
| 0:38.3 | You're not prioritizing, creating a feeling of connectedness with the people in the meeting. |
| 0:43.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.5 | And if you're always prioritizing getting things done, then you're going to miss opportunities for that |
| 0:49.1 | connectedness to take place. |
| 0:50.5 | So we have to be mindful of that, right? |
| 0:53.0 | Like how much time and energy and effort am I focused on |
| 0:56.7 | the people side of the business versus the get it done work side of the business? And if you're all in |
| 1:02.4 | on either, that's not productive, right? Like we can't be there for every person every time always. |
| 1:08.8 | We also can't just focus on getting things done or we're going |
| 1:11.7 | to miss opportunities to build trust and belongingness and understanding and camaraderie. |
| 1:16.7 | And all of those things are important for team dynamics. So yeah, it's just a matter of what am I |
| 1:21.5 | paying attention to and how am I showing up in the right ways at the right times? |
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