Workplace Wellbeing: You get out of your network what you put into it

Building positive relations with co-workers can boost workplace wellbeing and reduce stress levels, improving communication and engagement

A US study showed that stress levels drop, communication improves, and engagement rises when people feel connected at work.

Barbara Gilleran believes in the power of connection. The learning and development consultant from Dublin sees building bonds with colleagues as “an investment that requires work and takes time but pays off in terms of goodwill over the long term”.

It’s not that she views networking in cold transactional terms. She doesn’t cultivate relationships to benefit from them later in her career.