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Employees have lost some of their networking and relationship-building skills during the pandemic, but HR can help foster 'relational fitness' to get collaboration and knowledge sharing back on track, says a networking strategist.

Since the start of the pandemic, many first-tier relationships (those between immediate team members) have strengthened, however second- and third-tier relationships have suffered due to the lack of "incidental bump-ins", events, and face-to-face activities in workplaces, Relatus CEO Julia Palmer tells HR Daily.

These relationships are harder to manage in the first place, she says, as they are "strategic by nature" and driven by collaboration for mutual gain...