The team connection glossary
Plain-language definitions of the engagement, belonging, and remote-culture terms that come up when you're building a connected team.
Belonging at work
Belonging at work is the feeling of being accepted, valued, and genuinely connected to the people you work with, so you can show up as yours...
Read definition →Employee engagement
Employee engagement is the degree of emotional commitment and connection an employee feels toward their team, their work, and their organiza...
Read definition →Employee engagement survey
An employee engagement survey is a structured set of questions that measures how connected, motivated, and committed employees feel toward t...
Read definition →Employee retention
Employee retention is a company's ability to keep its employees over time and reduce the number who leave voluntarily. It is usually express...
Read definition →eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score)
eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) is a simple metric that measures how likely your employees are to recommend your company as a place to wo...
Read definition →Hybrid work
Hybrid work is a model where employees split their time between working in a shared office and working remotely, instead of being fully in o...
Read definition →Icebreakers
Icebreakers are short, low-stakes activities or questions used at the start of a meeting, event, or new group to help people relax, talk, an...
Read definition →Interest-based grouping
Interest-based grouping is the practice of organizing employees into small groups based on shared interests, hobbies, or passions rather tha...
Read definition →Loneliness at work
Loneliness at work is the painful gap between the social connection an employee wants and the connection they actually feel with their colle...
Read definition →Onboarding buddy
An onboarding buddy is an existing employee who is paired with a new hire to help them settle in during their first weeks on the job. The bu...
Read definition →Psychological safety
Psychological safety is the shared belief that a team is a safe place to take interpersonal risks, like asking questions, admitting mistakes...
Read definition →Quiet quitting
Quiet quitting is when an employee disengages and limits their effort to the bare minimum of their job description, without formally resigni...
Read definition →Remote company culture
Remote company culture is the shared set of values, norms, behaviors, and relationships that hold a distributed team together when people ra...
Read definition →Social capital at work
Social capital at work is the value created by the network of relationships, trust, and goodwill among people in an organization. It is the...
Read definition →Team building
Team building is the ongoing practice of strengthening trust, communication, and real relationships within a team. Done well it is small, fr...
Read definition →Team rituals
Team rituals are recurring, predictable shared activities that a team repeats on purpose to build connection, mark moments, and reinforce a...
Read definition →Virtual team building
Virtual team building is the practice of strengthening relationships, trust, and a sense of connection among coworkers who do not share a ph...
Read definition →Water-cooler moments
Water-cooler moments are the spontaneous, informal conversations that happen when coworkers cross paths outside of structured meetings, like...
Read definition →Weak ties
Weak ties are the loose, low-frequency relationships you have with acquaintances, such as people in other teams, departments, or roles you r...
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