By Abhijit Bhaduri

Unlocking Success: The Underrated Power of Workplace Friendships

Most people do not think that it is a good idea to get too friendly with a colleague. I grew up reading Spy vs Spy in MAD magazine. The white spy and the dark spy are continuously trying to outwit each other. Life has not changed. Yet this is a lost opportunity to create meaning at work. I read Gianpiero Petriglieri article on How to Make Better Friends at Work and thought I share the gems.

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Unlocking Success: The Underrated Power of Workplace Friendships — Abhijit Bhaduri

Your opinion is clear. 192,000 impressions and 932 votes later, the answer is clear. Colleagues are not friends. It is possible to turn a colleague into a friend and here is how to walk that fine line.