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<p>Hi guys, welcome back to the Work Smart channel. I hope you are doing great.</p><p>Today’s topic is workplace isolation. Image this, after the holiday, three people in the office are talking about one of their trips to London. You approach them and say, did you just mention London? And nobody responds to you.</p><p>Here is another example: you are the one the leader doesn’t like the most, and your colleagues follow leader’s preference, creating an environment where you are not welcomed in the team.</p><p>These are examples of workplace isolation.</p><p>In this episode, I will discuss into three parts.</p><p>1- what is workplace isolation?</p><p>2- what’s are the consequences of experiencing isolation in workplace?</p><p>3- How can we deal with this situation?</p><p>First, let’s define workplace isolation. “Lacking satisfying friendship relationshipsor accessing to social networks in the workplace (Marshall et al., 2007, p.198). This is one of the most widely used definit...