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EPISODE · Nov 9, 2025 · 53 MIN

744 how to friend at work: navigating workplace friendships with Steph Clarke

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Can you be friends with the boss or the people that you lead? In this episode Shell chats with Steph Clarke who has a Substack called How To Friend, about the messy, beautiful, and sometimes awkward world of workplace friendships.👉🏾 Steph’s interest in studying friendship and starting How to Friend👉🏿 can you be friends with the boss?👉🏻 perceptions of favouritism👉 proximity, frequency, and why it's normal for work friendships to fade👉🏼 the foundation for good work friendships👉🏽 energy giving vs energy draining behaviours👉🏾 identifying oversharing and emotional hijacking👉🏿 showing your best self vs whole self at work👉🏻 defining friendship👉 Shell's thoughts on work friendshipsConnect with Steph on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steph-clarke/Subscribe to Steph's Substack, How To Friend: https://howtofriend.substack.com/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/4k3YSrrWe 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.To get help, and to check out our online courses, books, resources and downloads (+ our disclaimers and warnings), click here.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Boldside's People & Culture Unconference is back on 15 and 16 September at The Calile Hotel in Brisbane, and it's the opposite of a stuffy convention centre day. Think workshops instead of keynotes, real conversations, and a room full of HR leaders who actually get it.🎟️🎟️🎟️Only 100 spots, so don't sleep on it: https://bit.ly/4fHwqMVCODE: POD for 10% off! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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