With so many competing priorities for employees, managers, and HR departments, why should you focus efforts on learning to improve relationships? We dive into Parks and Recreation to see what we can learn about how relationships improve 

• retention and longevity (potentially even passing up larger salaries at a competitor),
• attracting and hiring talent,
• problem-solving,
• engaging employees,
• and developing employees and creating an employee pipeline.

Developing meaningful relationships is one of the best ways that you can create quality inclusivity and engagement at your workplace. (Spoiler Warning)

Outline for the Episode

• 1:07 - Tools covered in this episode: Jungle Motives, Spots & Stripes
• 2:03 - An Introduction to Parks and Rec and why it shows what we can learn from relationships
• 6:55 - Leslie and Ron
• 15:33 - Leslie and Anne
• 17:20 - Ron and Andy
• 20:16 - Leslie and Ben
• 28:27 - April
• 31:55 - Fears for Developing Relationships
• 33:18 - Recap of the episode