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Dec 1, 2008

"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." --William Blake

Best Friends Are Good For Business

Best friendships are good for business -- companies are coming to discover this, yet are at a loss at what to do about it. Diversity proponents worry that they have made too many strides to see it all disintegrate into the office version of high school cliques. Yet it's widely accepted that the winning companies during the next generation will be those that have employees eager to come to work and bring with them their hearts, minds, creativity and passion. That kind of worker has been coined in management speak as "engaged." According to a Gallup survey, those who don't have a best friend at work have slim 1-in-12 odds of being among the engaged. Those who have a best friend at work are seven times more likely to be engaged.