Listen "AGL 224: Connectable – Loneliness at Work with Steven Van Cohen"
Episode Synopsis
About Steve
Steve is an expert on lessening loneliness in the workplace. His book “Connectable” is the first book to ever address the impact of loneliness at work. Steve has consulted for many of the top companies in the world (Salesforce, Home Depot, Bridgestone, Bank of America..) using his “powers” to deliver learning experiences that drive professional growth and development. Dubbed “The Leadership Whisperer” Steve has trained thousands of people, is a McGraw Hill and ATD (Association for Talent Development) published author, keynote speaker, and writer featured in Forbes, Trainingmag.com, and TD (Training Development) magazine. Steve is the CEO of SyncLX, and founder of Meyvn Global, building two industry-leading international consultancies focused on unlocking human potential.
Steve holds a MS in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business, and a BA in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife Jen and two beautiful daughters.
Today We Talked About
Steve's background
Why he got into leadership
Loneliness
Burstiness
Show-n-tell
hybrid work inclusion
Situational Loneliness
Cronic Loneliness
Impact of the work
Lots of feedback
Uncommon commonalities
Looking for loneliness
signs
shifts in routine
reclusiveness
feelings of unknown
Pay attention to what your people are doing
Modeling the Way
Dare to Disagree
Social Capital
Connect with Steve
Book Site
LinkedIn
Website
Book
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Steve is an expert on lessening loneliness in the workplace. His book “Connectable” is the first book to ever address the impact of loneliness at work. Steve has consulted for many of the top companies in the world (Salesforce, Home Depot, Bridgestone, Bank of America..) using his “powers” to deliver learning experiences that drive professional growth and development. Dubbed “The Leadership Whisperer” Steve has trained thousands of people, is a McGraw Hill and ATD (Association for Talent Development) published author, keynote speaker, and writer featured in Forbes, Trainingmag.com, and TD (Training Development) magazine. Steve is the CEO of SyncLX, and founder of Meyvn Global, building two industry-leading international consultancies focused on unlocking human potential.
Steve holds a MS in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business, and a BA in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife Jen and two beautiful daughters.
Today We Talked About
Steve's background
Why he got into leadership
Loneliness
Burstiness
Show-n-tell
hybrid work inclusion
Situational Loneliness
Cronic Loneliness
Impact of the work
Lots of feedback
Uncommon commonalities
Looking for loneliness
signs
shifts in routine
reclusiveness
feelings of unknown
Pay attention to what your people are doing
Modeling the Way
Dare to Disagree
Social Capital
Connect with Steve
Book Site
Website
Book
I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years. They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans. Their sites are super fast and easy to setup. I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal. I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs. And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you. Just sayin’.
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