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The Leadership Line
Manager’s Newsletter
August 2021
Managing to Foster Community
Building a sense of community in the workplace is fundamental to attracting and retaining the very best talent
and increasing employee engagement. A community is commonly considered “a social unit (a group of three or
more people) who share something in common, such as norms, values, identity, and often a sense of place that is
situated in a given geographical area.”
When you think about it, business is a type of community. It’s one with a great deal of structure and a defined
set of norms. It has a social identity, a set of values, a shared mission to solve a problem, and often a sense of place
or belonging. In fact, a business is one of the strongest examples of community we have in western society today.
Shared emotional connection relates to the relationships that we build with colleagues. Through spending time
with one another, close bonds can be built among colleagues creating friendships that drive an investment in each
other and the company. This is where face-to-face interaction becomes key, which sadly due to the pandemic has
been decreased. Hence, it has become critical to consider other ways to form and sustain strong communities at
MIL.
The Leadership Line will begin its newest series entitled “Building Communities Within.”
