AGL 224: Connectable – Loneliness at Work with Steven Van Cohen

About Steve

Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All InSteve 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

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