The Connection Crisis: How to Lead Fractured Teams to 100% Engagement with Mika Cross
Jane Young Host
Mika Cross Guest
Workplace Leaders creating hybrid work policies
HR & People Teams creating psychologically safe cultures
Managers wanting to better support different generations in the workplace
"Solving this problem of connection is the number one problem that workplaces everywhere need to figure out."
Mika Cross
Workplace Transformation Strategist
In this episode, Mika Cross shares real-world examples of achieving 100% employee engagement scores in large government bureaucracies, the critical importance of connection in fractured workplaces and why attendance data alone won’t solve your hybrid work challenges.
Key topics include:
- Why connection is the #1 workplace problem to solve
- Building psychological safety and cultures of curiosity
- Designing hybrid policies that enhance purpose-based presence
- Supporting Gen Z and addressing generational differences
- Moving beyond wellness band-aids to genuine wellbeing
- Leading through uncertainty without creating fear
- The power of friction mapping and small-scale change
- Creating inclusive workplaces where everyone feels they belong
Whether you’re wrestling with hybrid policies, struggling with change fatigue, or trying to rebuild fractured teams after layoffs and restructuring, this conversation offers practical wisdom grounded in decades of experience transforming some of the world’s most complex organizations.
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Jane Young
Jane Young is the host of the Workplace Innovators podcast and Future of Work Lead at HubStar. She writes and speaks about the future of work and workplace technology, exploring what helps hybrid and distributed teams thrive, from culture and collaboration to leadership and the employee experience. She’s particularly interested in how technology is reshaping the way we work and lead.
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