How are you building relationships on your team?

Meetings and socializing aren't the same thing.

“Trick or treat!"

A common phrase used on Halloween as kids go door to door in search of candy. 

…except for every place I've ever lived. 

As an adult, I’ve stood at attention by the door, ready to go with my bowl of candy, only to realize no one was coming. 

I'd plop down on my couch, the puff emanating from the cushions an echo of my sigh, then eat half the candy in the bowl to compensate for the deprivation of the anticipated festivities.

As a kid, we didn't live in a neighborhood, so no one came to our door. And there were no doors on which we could knock (We periodically bemoaned the lack of neighborhood feel. I'm not sure my parents were moved).

Your team may be in a similar situation. Many of us are working remotely, flexibly, or at least differently than we were before. And many of us do that because we're reimaging how we do work for the better. 

Part of that reimagining needs to include better approaches to building relationships and community, on a personal level in addition to a …