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How Strong Are Your Relationships at Work?
Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author who has interviewed over 2,000 of the world’s most successful people, including Warren Buffett, Anthony Bourdain, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In this episode, he talks about the concepts in his new book “Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation”.
The idea for the book came from an interview that Dan did for a documentary called The Revolution Generation back in 2017, where he was asked, “What’s the biggest challenge for your generation?”
While Dan came up with several answers, he kept going back to “isolation”.
The overuse and misuse of technology has created the illusion of connection, when in reality, we feel more disconnected, less productive, less healthy, and less committed to our teams and organizations. – Dan Schawbel
This is the result of constantly looking at our devices and trying to use technology as a crutch when communicating, even though face-to-face conversations and phone calls can be more effective in many situations.
The message is not to eliminate technology, but to use it wisely and only when necessary.
Here’s a sad statistic: Almost 10% of the global workforce has zero friends in the office, yet so much of our time is spent at work.
If you don’t like the people you work with, that paycheck is only going to be so great for so long. Eventually, you won’t have a strong connection with your team, and you will leave.
Another fascinating statistic: One face-to-face meeting is more effective than 34 emails back and forth. That’s mind-blowing!Not having your phone is the new vacation. – Dan Schawbel
Staying true to his background as a researcher, Dan shared another interesting statistic: 24% of workers said that the positive effects of a vacation time like more energy and feeling less stressed… disappear immediately upon returning to work!
If you work like a robot, you’ll be replaced by a robot. – Ong Ye Kung, Singapore Education Minister
What You’ll Learn
- How the idea for the book “Back to Human” came about
- The biggest challenge of this generation, as observed by Dan
- Why millennials are not tech-savvy, they’re tech-dependent
- Why we need to build stronger relationships at work, and why it’s not happening
- What is the Work Connectivity Index and how can it help your career?
- How the book “Back to Human” is not just about work, but also for parenting and even dating
- The dark side of work-from-home careers
- How to lead with empathy
- How to be an effective leader today
Resources
- Dan Schawbel’s website
- Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation by Dan Schawbel
- The Work Connectivity Index tool
- Rescue Time
- 5 Questions with Dan
- Dan Schawbel’s Instagram account
Bio
Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, Partner and Research Director at Future Workplace, and the Founder of both Millennial Branding and WorkplaceTrends.com. He is the bestselling author of two career books: Promote Yourself and Me 2.0. His third book, Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation, will be published by Hachette on November 13th, 2018.
Through his companies, he’s conducted dozens of research studies and worked with major brands including American Express, GE, Microsoft, Virgin, IBM, Coca Cola and Oracle.
Dan has interviewed over 2,000 of the world’s most successful people, including Warren Buffett, Anthony Bourdain, Jessica Alba, will.i.am, Michael Bloomberg, Chelsea Handler, Colin Powell, Sheryl Sandberg, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the host of “5 Questions with Dan Schawbel”, a podcast where he interviews a variety of world-class humans by asking them 5 questions in less than 15 minutes.
In addition, he has written countless articles for Forbes, Fortune, TIME, The Economist, Quartz, The World Economic Forum, The Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, and others that have combined generated over 15 million views. Considered “one of today’s more dynamic young entrepreneurs” by Inc. Magazine, Schawbel has been profiled or quoted in over 2,000 media outlets, such as NBC’s “The Today Show” and “Nightly News”, Fox News’s “Fox & Friends”, MSNBC’s “Your Business,” The Steve Harvey Show, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, Wired Magazine, GQ, The Economist, and NPR.
He has been recognized on several lists including Inc. Magazine’s “30 Under 30”, Forbes Magazine’s “30 Under 30”, Business Insider’s “40 Under 40”, BusinessWeek’s “20 Entrepreneurs You Should Follow,” and as one of Workforce Magazine’s “Game Changers”. Schawbel is a featured expert in the upcoming documentary “The Revolution Generation”, which is directed by Josh Tickell and narrated by actress Shailene Woodley.
