Gather Around a Strong Strategy for Workplace Well-being

Engaged office employees

Dinner and conversation have been a mainstay in my family for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, we’d gather around a heavy, round wooden table that my dad had painstakingly varnished to share a meal and the day’s events. We’d talk about what we learned, what we saw, what was frustrating and what made us happy. That wooden table continues to carry us through many family memories: Celebrations, sadness and everything in between.

In my own house, we carry on the dinner and conversation tradition. It is inevitable that our dinner time includes talk about work culture or employee engagement, and the research coming out of Filene Research Institute. At this point you might be saying to yourself, “Seriously? You have nothing else to talk about?” Let me explain.