Free Reports and Tools

This report complements our Harvard Business Review article and provides additional insights, data, and examples. It is designed to support journalists reporting on workplace dynamics, as well as researchers and organizational leaders seeking to foster purpose and satisfaction in their teams through the power of rituals.

This research report accompanies our article featured on the cover of the Nov/Dec 2024 issue of Harvard Business Review magazine. The report describes our methodology and results in more detail, including additional findings on remote work, demographics, and culture. It also contains a user’s guide for our Work Loneliness Scale.

You can use this short survey to measure how lonely you feel while working using our Work Loneliness Scale ©Wright & Hadley, 2024. We provide guidance as to how to know if you are high, moderate, or low in work loneliness. For more information on using and interpreting the WLS, see the “Understanding and Addressing Work Loneliness Research Report.”

Too often, attempts to build connectivity at work are conducted piecemeal or in an uncoordinated, ineffective, manner. Creating positive human connections at work requires a more holistic view and a more systematic implementation strategy. In this white paper, Dr. Hadley presents the new UNITE framework to guide leaders how to increase human connection in organizations.

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