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How can we build relationships in virtual isolation?

Follow these 4 simple, effective practices to build and maintain relationships in the time of COVID-19

Source | www.chieflearningofficer.com | Josh Jenkins

Building relationships is rarely easy, even before huge portions of the workforce were quarantined and working remotely. In this dawn of teleworking for the foreseeable future, however, relationship building can seem nearly impossible. On one hand, it inherently feels artificial when every interaction is conducted digitally. And on the other hand, our new reality is forcing workers at every level to reevaluate priorities, restructure their daily lives, and settle into something akin to routine, balance and sanity.

So how do we even hope to build new relationships or strengthen existing bonds in these unprecedented times?

For years, we’ve built our principled approach to negotiations on a foundation of core human values — empathy, understanding and finding common ground. With today’s new challenges, these values are more important than ever.

The health and wellbeing of everyone around the world should be the foremost priority of every business and every individual, and we must support each other. As a country, this is critical; as companies and teams, it is essential to our survival. Countries can survive tumultuous upheavals, shell-shocked but intact. Businesses, on the other hand, risk disappearing.

Whether you are a brand navigating this new environment or a professional facing the prospect of telework, unemployment or a confusing gray area between the two, the show must go on — we must continue to build relationships, and we must make it out of this intact, together. Failure is not an option.

Following are four simple, effective practices for you to follow as you build and maintain relationships at this time.

1. Maintain a Virtual Presence.

It’s 2020. Odds are, you already have an online identity. As a professional, you likely have a LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube or some combination therein. If you are on the pioneering edge, you may also have Tik Tok, Reddit and more. As a brand, you likely have a corporate website in addition to a selection of social profiles.

So, what do you do with them right now?

First, now is not the time to create a new identity or start a new channel. Unless you have identified a massive gap in the landscape that you can uniquely fill, stick to what you know best.

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