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Friendship in the workplace: It’s lonely at the top

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The Immediacy of Friendship in the Workplace

i think the intellectual buzz of having light minded colleagues is perhaps something we underrate. I had a fantastic room that i worked in for many years with a number of wonderful colleagues. We really talked things through, and i'm sure our reporting was better for it. As you do move up the ranks, you can get lonelier, you can have fewer work friends. But if you've made friends on the way up or in different areas, you can keep those friends. The immediacy of friendship in the workplace is something that you have to forego.

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