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Colleague Connection

Posted by Marianne Goettig @marianneg316, Sep 11, 2020

Many of our staff have expressed feeling of isolation and loss of connection with their colleagues. Some ideas our well-being champions came up with the  help build connections while social distancing include:

Drive-in movie night in the parking lot
Happy hour zooms
Tailgate talks to meet in parking lot and everyone stay distanced
Text or message board within our department for non-work fun communication (kids, gifs).
Walking meetings using cell phones
Send personal cards to home to build teamwork

Share what your work unit has done to build connections

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EmanD | @EmanD | Sep 15, 2020

Love the idea of sending personal cards to home to build teamwork! Are we able to use our travel cards to get reimbursed for the postage?

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Linde Sifuentes | @sifuenteslinde | Sep 16, 2020

Hey everyone! Another way that people can connect and be active is by joining my colleagues, Drew, Lynne and Kelly, and I for Zoom classes. It is free to join from anywhere! Check out our website with class descriptions and the schedule. https://dahlc.mayoclinic.org/2020/07/08/lets-get-virtual-virtual/
We have a weekend fitness event planned for this Saturday at 8:30am CST. There are 28 spots left! Come check us out!

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Dianie Angle | @dianie | Sep 22, 2020
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Hey everyone! Another way that people can connect and be active is by joining my colleagues, Drew, Lynne and Kelly, and I for Zoom classes. It is free to join from anywhere! Check out our website with class descriptions and the schedule. https://dahlc.mayoclinic.org/2020/07/08/lets-get-virtual-virtual/
We have a weekend fitness event planned for this Saturday at 8:30am CST. There are 28 spots left! Come check us out!

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Thank you so much for sharing.

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alewis623 | @alewis623 | Oct 2, 2020

One of the more simple things our team does is starting out the day with a good morning over Skype. That simple touch point to connect on a work as well as a personal level goes a long way.

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Lindsay Parson | @lindsayparson | Oct 8, 2020

Our work unit just recently started a persistent chat via Skype where we can all go in and share tips, tricks, or just catch up. We also send out a daily self-care action to all team members to practice, we are calling it "The Daily".

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