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Originally Posted by 2ArmBands
Once normal office life resumes…
Grab a cup of coffee and walk around once a day and talk to your reports individually. It doesn’t necessarily need to be about work and it doesn’t need to be more than a couple of minutes.
Ask how their weekend was, ask how their kids are doing. Ask if they are challenged, ask if their plate is full, ask about their hurdles. Just talk to and engage them.
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Honestly, I always hated this when managers did that, it just rankled me and felt insincere if a manager starts engaging in coffee talk and then jumps into work stuff, it smacked as insincere and a bit like either office psychology tactics, or even a bit micromanagy.
Especially in an open office space.
its ok to have water cooler talk, or a personal synch, but don't mix the two. But I'm not the guy that likes talking about personal stuff at work with a manager.