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Having Work Friends Can Be Tricky, but It’s Worth It

Harvard Business Review

Managers and leaders need to continue being able to assign tasks and role hierarchy does need to be respected. After all, how would your friendship fare after you become their manager? There are real entanglements that can arise when the boundaries between work and friendship become blurred.

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When You and Your Friend Both Want the Same Promotion

Harvard Business Review

Their supervisor told Lata that they were both being considered for a major promotion and whoever received the job would end up managing the other. For Andres, as a single parent with three children, this promotion would mean he would be doing more team management and less client-related travel, allowing him to spend more time with his kids.