This Working Life

A business leader must build personal connections with their teams

If you want to make your company a great place to work, the first step is to listen to your staff, says Rosie Woodburne

Make little changes regularly; don’t just make one change and move on. Change should be continuous to really make an impact. Picture: Getty

Rosie Woodburne is managing director of Allianz Partners Ireland

Among the many challenges employers have faced over the past few years is hiring staff without meeting them fact to face. It didn’t help people get properly onboarded and build those important personal relationships from the get-go.

Staff who are engaged will stay, so building employee engagement when there is a war for talent will definitely be top of mind for most chief executives post-pandemic.

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