The Recipes From the C-Suite February blog will be titled “Can We Be Friends?”.  Based on my rudimentary math, the average American works for 40 years, age 25 to age 65.  If we spend 40 hours a week at work, that’s a total of 83,200 hours at work!  That’s a significant amount of time to spend with our peers and coworkers.  Naturally, some of those folks will become more than just peers, they may become friends.  You may get to know their families, you may go out for happy hour after work, your kids may play together, your spouses may become friends; all of these interactions lead to a question, is it ok to have friends at work?

In the February blog I will share some personal experiences about having friends at work.  Can it prevent you from receiving promotions?  What if you become a supervisor to a friend?  These are tough questions that need to be explored.  Stay tuned and let’s discuss “Can We Be Friends”!