how to friend at work: navigating workplace friendships with Steph Clarke (ep744)

Can you be friends with the boss or the people that you lead? In this episode Shelley Johnson chats with Steph Clarke who has a Substack called How To Friend, about the messy, beautiful, and sometimes awkward world of workplace friendships. 1:48 - Steph’s interest in studying friendship and starting How to Friend 4:30 - can you be friends with the boss? 12:58 - perceptions of favouritism 15:40 - proximity, frequency, and why it's normal for work friendships to fade 19:30 - the foundation for good work friendships 20:51 - energy giving vs energy draining behaviours 23:56 - identifying oversharing and emotional hijacking 37:54 - showing your best self vs whole self at work 33:12 - defining friendship 48:21 - Shell's thoughts on work friendships Connect with Steph on LinkedIn here:   / steph-clarke   Subscribe to Steph's Substack, How To Friend: https://howtofriend.substack.com/ #thisiswork #leadership #friendshipatwork #workculture #career #futureofwork #boldside #stephclarke #shelljohnson If you lead teams, check out Shelley’s business, Boldside: https://www.boldside.com.au/ Shell & Glen’s book 'Sort Your Career Out & Make More Money' is available here: https://amzn.to/4k3YSrr We hate email spam so we don’t create it! Sign up to our newsletter to get only the valuable money, careers and property info you need: https://email.moneypodcast.com.au/ To get help, and to check out our online courses, books, resources and downloads (+ our disclaimers and warnings), click here: https://www.moneypodcast.com.au/work