Employees who have a best friend at work are seven times more engaged than those who don’t. What’s behind this staggering statistic? And why are workplace friendships still considered objectionable by many? Shasta Nelson, Author of The Business of Friendship, and I discussed how to cultivate a healthy approach to friendships in the workplace and reevaluate harmful taboos on the topic on episode 200 of The TalentGrow Show podcast. Here’s an edited excerpt of that conversation.
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