{"id":28576,"date":"2018-06-22T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T18:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingweb.trainingindustry.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=28576"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:59:40","slug":"podcast-episode-five-creating-an-engaged-connected-organization","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/articles\/strategy-alignment-and-planning\/podcast-episode-five-creating-an-engaged-connected-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Learning, Episode 5: Creating an Engaged, Connected Organization"},"author":27,"featured_media":28581,"template":"","tags":[114,2543,470,2097],"class_list":["post-28576","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-culture","tag-mental-health","tag-stress-management","tag-wellness","global_topic_tax-compliance","global_topic_tax-performance-management","global_topic_tax-strategy-alignment-and-planning"],"acf":{"sponsored":false,"gated":false,"gated_content_type":"file","file_attachment":34487,"gated_content":"","form_instruction_header":"To download an excerpt from Michael Lee Stallard's book \"Connection Culture,\" please fill out the form below:","pardot_html_embed":"[hubspot type=\"form\" portal=\"47185625\" id=\"9e7fa218-4fef-4b4d-aac9-ad858f2431e6\" version=\"v4\"]","author_override":true,"author_name":"Training Industry, Inc.","author_image":"","author_bio":"","excerpt":"In the fifth episode of \"The Business of Learning,\" we speak to Michael Lee Stallard and Jay Morris about employee wellness, satisfaction and engagement.","main_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigna.com\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2018\/new-cigna-study-reveals-loneliness-at-epidemic-levels-in-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recent research by Cigna<\/a>\u00a0found that loneliness among Americans has reached \"epidemic levels.\" Almost half of the 20,000 adults surveyed reported \"sometimes\" or \"always\" feeling alone.\r\n\r\nWhat's causing this \"epidemic\"? What effects of loneliness can we see in the workplace? Can - and should - organizations help?\r\n\r\nTo answer these questions (and more!), we spoke with author and speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelleestallard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Lee Stallard<\/a> and Yale New Haven Health System's vice president of education, Jay Morris.\r\n\r\nListen Now:\r\n\r\n<iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Episode Five: Creating an Engaged, Connected Organization\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/fnia2-e4218c?from=pb6admin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;skin=1&amp;pfauth=&amp;btn-skin=107\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe>","full_width":false,"content_band":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content_area","wysiwyg":"[hubspot type=\"form\" portal=\"47185625\" id=\"9e7fa218-4fef-4b4d-aac9-ad858f2431e6\" version=\"v4\"]"}],"tice_sponsors":"","custom_dfp_keywords":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Business of Learning, Episode 5: Creating an Engaged, Connected Organization - Training Industry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Training Industry - by Sarah Gallo. 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