Why Leaders Should Help Their People Build Their Social Capital

How to Help Employees Driver Greater Impact

In our always on, globally connected and geographically dispersed work environment, organizations need their people to work collaboratively in order to successfully complete projects and deliver for their customers. Today, while individual agency and effort is important, it is very difficult for one single employee, regardless of the size of an organization, to work solely by themselves and in a silo.

We all, regardless of where we sit in an organization, have to work with other people in order to do our jobs. At the end of the day, organizations are just a bunch of people working toward shared goals, and business is fundamentally about connecting people to other people. The degree to which you, as an organization, can ensure that people are working effectively on teams to drive results, and that your people know who they need to be connecting with, can facilitate the opportunities for collaboration and effectiveness towards your business goals.

And given how much companies are looking to focus on productivity, as well as fostering connection to employees and to each other as a result of changing norms around where and how work gets done, making sure you people are able to connect and form the relationships and bonds they need to be productive…