is an Assistant Professor at VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur, with over two decades of experience across academic teaching and corporate MDPs.
Why curing workplace loneliness demands systems thinking, genuine friendships, and a pivot away from forced perks. It is not an act of emotional charity; it is an act of rigorous organisational re-engineering.
Author - Dr. Aradhna Malik
Empathy is not emotional softness; it is workplace intelligence. Train managers to listen without interrupting, ask before assuming, understand individual contexts, and coach instead of control. Employees stay where they feel seen- not supervised.
