How Do We Foster Connections Among Employees?

Here at Fox in a Box we use immersive games to help teams connect and build healthy work relationships. We also like to share tips to use inside of your office to foster productive habits and provide tools and tips to make operations run smoothly! Here are some few key learnings that we would love to share with your team!

How Do We Foster Connections Among Employees? 

By Rebecca Knight

Summary.   Managers sometimes turn to team-building activities to build connections between colleagues. But which activities and practices would work best for your team? And how can you put them into action most effectively? In this article, the author offers advice and...more

In the era of remote work and scattered teams, managers face a key challenge: fostering connections among employees, no matter where they happen to be located.

To do this, managers sometimes turn to team-building activities. Sure, corporate team-building activities might provoke cringey eye rolls and groans (trust falls and virtual dance parties, anyone?), and they definitely have their fair share of skeptics. But studies show that nurturing our human need for belonging improves job performance and wellbeing. Employees with strong relationships at work are more creative and collaborative; they also experience less burnout and are more likely to stay with their organization.

Put simply: Well-designed team-building activities are essential tools that can foster meaningful relationships among colleagues, ultimately driving employee engagement and contributing to overall organizational success.

By Rebecca Knight: is a journalist who writes about all things related to the changing nature of careers and the workplace. Her essays and reported stories have been featured in The Boston Globe, Business Insider, The New York Times, BBC, and The Christian Science Monitor. She was shortlisted as a Reuters Institute Fellow at Oxford University in 2023. Earlier in her career, she spent a decade as an editor and reporter at the Financial Times in New York, London, and Boston.

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