The Importance Of Eating Together !
Pranab Kulkarni
Executive Director | IB Operations Specialist | Bridging Data-Driven Strategy & Thought Leadership || Blogs and Articles are Personal ||
As a social being - the importance of letting ones' hair down and eating together is a very primary and basic activity that we forget to do in our day to day lives. Within the confined spaces of our offices we do eat in groups, with some of our colleagues that we get along with - or maybe become friends with or some just go ahead an eat their meals alone.
I spent a part of my weekend this time eating out with my team, a team that works in good faith amongst other factors in the corporate environment. It is a very interesting #learning journey in those few hours that you spend together on a meal table. One gets to know what drives the inner #motivation of a person who decides to spend a large part of their week with you, what makes them unhappy and gets them disturbed.
The sense of belonging comes into the "unit" when they learn to #respect each others #feelings while also sharing their own stories from their personal lives, moreover there are good chances you meet their significant others, members of their family and friends outside their office circuits. This builds trust, trust builds harmony and this makes the "Unit" united together to get their arsenals ready for the week ahead.
Go out with your teams once in a while, respect each others space, get to know them beyond the hours in the office and be that support pillar IF and WHEN they need it ! It's a part of #Wellbeing and #MentalHealth within a team
If nothing else - you will have a good meal, crack some jokes, be a joke yourself and let other laugh at you and come back happy that you got to discuss something more then. the daily files, projects and reports that you work on - and like in may case if you wife calls you home (because you said you'll be home in an hour - some 5 hours ago) -everyone will get a lesson in escalation and time management !
Let me know your thoughts !!
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1 年Referencing the unity of a "Unit" brings back wonderful childhood memories of the cantonment. #forever theheartofadefencekid :D Also, circling back to the idea of eating together, looking forward to the People & culture outing!
Experienced Recruitment Specialist | Second Stint at 9 to 5
1 年There is a different sort of satisfaction about sharing a meal about eating together! It’s a human experience which is truly unifying
Team Lead at Credit Suisse
1 年Indeed! Sharing meals together builds relationships. We miss out on opportunities to get to know each other better if we eat alone. Eating together can also encourage cooperation. A lot of informal communication can happen over meals, so colleagues may miss out on information they need to do their jobs. Even so-called 'small talk' can boost performance. The friendly tone set when colleagues eat together can support more intense conversations later in the day and helps making workplace a happy space.