Staying Connected While Working Apart: 26 Ideas for Conversations

Engagement has been a hot topic for at least the past twenty years. Surveys galore let organizations and managers know where they are losing and where they are winning the war for talent.

Research that informed the best-selling “Love ’Em or Lose ’Em” book has held up for five editions, soon to be six! The common theme to all 26 practices (arranged according to the letters of the alphabet) is the fine art of conversation! The current work environment has added a substantial wrinkle – how do you hold conversations in this new (perhaps here to stay) remote-working environment? Here we offer 26 ideas for conversations that should start immediately.