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What Does It Take to Energize Belonging?
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Leverage actionable, research-based practices to ensure employees feel connected, respected, and protected in the workplace.
Leverage actionable, research-based practices to ensure employees feel connected, respected, and protected in the workplace.
Fri Mar 01 2024
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Belonging is essential to well-being. That is especially true in the workplace. Talent development teams play a pivotal role in organizational efforts to foster a culture of belonging, so it is crucial that TD professionals experience a strong sense of belonging themselves. TD leaders, therefore, must be champions of belonging, actively cultivating it within their own teams. The challenge is that many of them feel ill-equipped to try to foster belonging because it's a nebulous concept—it's a feeling or sense that each person experiences uniquely. Someone will know it when they feel it (and when they don't), but it's hard to put into words.
Belonging is essential to well-being. That is especially true in the workplace. Talent development teams play a pivotal role in organizational efforts to foster a culture of belonging, so it is crucial that TD professionals experience a strong sense of belonging themselves. TD leaders, therefore, must be champions of belonging, actively cultivating it within their own teams. The challenge is that many of them feel ill-equipped to try to foster belonging because it's a nebulous concept—it's a feeling or sense that each person experiences uniquely. Someone will know it when they feel it (and when they don't), but it's hard to put into words.
