tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post4471795080368985940..comments2024-03-20T11:13:46.071+00:00Comments on Knoco stories: "The F word" - Friendship at workNick Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-16976927167096640682012-09-29T17:49:40.538+01:002012-09-29T17:49:40.538+01:00Friendship involves reciprocal trust and lateral (...Friendship involves reciprocal trust and lateral (colleague-to-colleague) loyalty. Many "leaders" I've worked with give lip service to 360-degree loyalty, yet their other actions and communications reveal their operational definition of loyalty to be one way--from subordinates to superiors. In the worst examples I've encountered, the leader has made clear that loyalty to him or her demands tolerating and reflecting his or her denigrating, fault-seeking, blame-pinning orientation toward my co-workers. In my 26-year experience in different parts of this firm, such attitudes in leaders have not been ubiquitous, but have not been rare. If this distrustful, dominating orientation is common among managers in America, work friendships are dangerous for employees. Albuquirkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00523779502831650935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-72817162037477951642012-09-29T01:05:46.553+01:002012-09-29T01:05:46.553+01:00It would be nice to see the development of bringin...It would be nice to see the development of bringing the culture of friendship into office, in US and Europe. Particularly, in the context of KM.<br />Hendri Ma'rufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219352060100526581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-60646768215904026672012-09-29T01:04:39.846+01:002012-09-29T01:04:39.846+01:00It would be nice to see the development of bringin...It would be nice to see the development of bringing the culture of friendship into office, in US and Europe. Particularly, in the context of KM.<br />Hendri Ma'rufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219352060100526581noreply@blogger.com