Psychological Effects of #WFH

Thanks, CommercialCafe, for including me in your Expert Round-Up on the psychological effects of #wfh during #covid19: "My clients who have a ‘best friend at work’ (that phrase is taken from Gallup’s Q12 employee engagement survey) have been leaning on their closest work friends, in many cases texting or Zooming several times per day as they navigate the reality of working from home during a pandemic. Unfortunately, what researchers call ‘weak ties’ have suffered. Those are the collegial relationships with people you may see in meetings or chat with over lunch at the office, but don’t work with closely. In other words, if you didn’t have someone’s number in your phone in March, you’re not likely to have added it over the last few months. Fewer ‘weak tie’ connections can mean that individuals are less engaged overall AND that the fabric of the organization is less strong.

Read the rest of the Expert Round-Up here:

https://www.commercialcafe.com/blog/expert-roundup-psychological-effects-wfh/