RT 34 | How to Connect in a Hybrid World
Welcome to this special episode of #REALTALK, sponsored by Alterna Savings, the first full-service, member-owned, co-operative financial institution outside Quebec. Our host Cherry Rose Tan will be talking about how to create connection in this hybrid world of in-person and remote work.
We start this episode by acknowledging how tough it has been for small business owners and entrepreneurs. It may be hard to reconnect with people dear to us after an exhausting and confusing year. In this hybrid world, there will be times when we are connecting with other people in-person with things being reopened. These changes mean meeting other people remotely using different platforms. Of course, when we meet people and try to connect with them, we want it to be rich, emotional, and also deep.
There are three different types of people that we can connect with in this hybrid world: your co-workers, friends, and community. These are the people that you want to build connections with. After a year of feeling physically and emotionally separated from them, it may cause extreme loneliness to people, specifically for business owners and entrepreneurs. Sometimes, you may feel that you have lost your friendship and are awkward at times.
Cherry Rose shared a lot of tips on how you can create and build connections with your co-workers, friends, and community. She also shared different strategies on how you can build and maintain those bonds, once they have been rekindled. Share with us the strategy that created an impact on you. Tune in now!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
What is a hybrid world?
The importance of building connections with co-workers, friends, and community
Different strategies on how you can connect with people
How being playful can help you create new memories
Discovering other groups that are available in your area
QUOTES
“People need different things to feel physically safe and emotionally safe, regardless of whether they're working at home or in the office.”
“It is important to let go of expectations, and not to expect one thing or another. It is better to be curious and to really see what is available for us.”
“Community is about building new relationships.”
RESOURCES
EPISODE BROUGHT TO YOU BY
As the first full-service, member-owned, co-operative financial institution outside Quebec, Alterna Savings shares its expertise with more than 185,000 members through a network of over 30 branches across Ontario, a call centre, and robust digital channels. Alterna’s members and customers also benefit from their industry-leading online brokerage and investment management services through Alterna Wealth.
Ranked as one of Canada’s Top 10 credit unions, Alterna has been “the good in banking” for over 110 years.