The aim of today is to engage with people you care about or who you may have concerns about, to show you care, to let them know you are there for them and to encourage them to seek help (if needed).

Today is about highlighting the importance of having a conversation that could save a life. Nothing more important than that! It's such a simple concept, yet such a vital question: RU OK?

With our teams working from home and not having an opportunity to attend meetings face to face, team members can lose a little bit of connection to things that you’re not directly a part of.

People can start to feel separation anxiety. The sense that if they’re not in a room, they’re not allowed or welcome and they can start to feel unstuck or disconnected.

One of the things we've witnessed over the past 18 months is leaders being far more intentional about ‘checking in’ with their team, both work and wellbeing (which is FAB!)

Sometimes though, we ask very broad questions like 'how are you feeling?', 'how are things going?', or 'do you have any feedback for me?'. Because they are broad questions, we get vague responses.

It’s not enough to make sure everyone in the team is invited to meetings, inclusive and connected leaders, make sure everyone gets airtime too, that their voice is heard and their opinion matters (especially when working virtually).

So here we are again, lockdown number...who knows? I have lost count, and many of us are starting to lose our mojo too.

As a leader, it's imperative that you continue to focus on building trust with your team and scaling your leadership with intention. We gotta remain focused and dedicated to this quest. We owe that to our team.