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Build positive relationships and connections

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Build positive relationships and connections

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- Have you heard of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? Abraham Maslow figured out that humans have five basic needs, and those needs motivate our behavior. Most importantly, we need to eat and sleep. So when we're hungry or tired, we're motivated to fulfill those needs. Once our physiological needs are met, we focus on safety. Once we feel safe, we are motivated to belong to a group. And once we belong, we seek to gain self-esteem from that membership in that group. Once those four needs are met, only then are we motivated by the desire to be the best that we can be, or self-actualized as Maslow called it. The point of all this is that your employees have basic human need to feel connected, and being connected drives self-esteem. We need human connections to be happy. So here are six ideas for helping your staff build connections with each other and with you. First, create an onboarding program focused on building connections. Remember that new hires are vying for information about the work…

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