You need friends to be successful in your career. But you need to choose them correctly

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

One best friend for life is good, but eight friends are better.

Close friendships at work are beneficial for employees (literally Do work relationships matter? Characteristics of workplace interactions that enhance or detract from employee perceptions of well-being and health behaviors for health) and beneficial to employers. Moreover, if desired, the benefit can even be measured in money.

The Gallup Research Institute, which is best known for the Gallup Q12 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Survey for its 12 Employee Engagement Factors, has conducted a study of friendships at work since 2004. More than 8 million interviews have been conducted and a huge number of focus groups studied in order to find out what relationships people build in their lives with others and how they affect the overall level of satisfaction.

It has been proven that long-term sustainable success is based not only on unique skills, but also on the ability to build high-quality personal relationships - friendships.

Vital friends - this is how Gallup called the results of Vital Friends. The People You Can't Afford to Live Without This Study.

8 discoveries about friendship at work

One of the 12 criteria that Gallup research shows influence employee engagement is directly related to friends. It sounds like this: "I have a best friend at work." This is one of the most powerful factors.

And as a result of a special study of friendship, the following discoveries were made.

• People who have a best friend at work are much more likely to get involved. They also make fewer mistakes, have more loyal customers, and tend to innovate and share new ideas.
• Despite the fact that many companies discourage, and some even forbid, friendships between employees, Gallup research has shown that close friendships at work doubles employee satisfaction with their company and the income they receive.
• The quality of your friendships is an important criterion for your day-to-day happiness. It also significantly affects health and life expectancy.
• People who have three or more close friends at work are 46% more satisfied with their work and 88% more satisfied with their life in general.
• Friendship is the foundation of a strong marriage. According to Gallup estimates, 70% of overall satisfaction with marriage depends on the quality of the friendship with the spouse.
• Communication with a boss is usually perceived as something unpleasant, saturated with negative emotions. However, if the boss is on friendly terms with the subordinates, it doubles the level of job satisfaction.
• Cooler effect: The likelihood that you will develop friendships at work is increased threefold if the organization of the space is conducive to this.
• Friends have a huge impact on our habits. If your friend eats well, it five times increases the likelihood that you too will be on a healthy diet.

8 roles in friendships

We know that at work, a person cannot be a universal and only uses his greatest strengths - talents. At the same time, we continue to believe that there should be one best friend for life.

Based on a study conducted by Gallup, 8 emotional talents and 8 corresponding roles that friends and other close and important people can play in our life are highlighted. At the same time, there are no generalists - each person is especially "talented" only in 1-3 roles.

These are the roles.

Builder

These are great motivators that relentlessly motivate you to get things done and move towards your goal. They invest as much time and effort in your development as they do in themselves, or even more.

These people are moving several steps to success every day, no matter what. However, they are not your competitors, they are able to see and truly appreciate your talents that complement their own.

Such friends are catalysts for your personal and professional growth.

Comember (Collaborator)

This is a friend with whom you have many common interests, which is often the basis for a friendship. Together with this person, you can share a passion for sports, politics, food, music, films or books. On a common topic, you understand each other perfectly, exchange news. Often times, your ambitions in work and personal life are very similar or even the same.

Lawyer (Champion)

Your attorney friend is your representative. This is a person who will always be on your side and on the side of your interests, no matter what happens. And even in your absence. Usually these are friends with whom you can always talk directly - as with yourself. "Lawyers" will not tolerate deception.

They will be able to convey your success, your idea or your arguments to as many people as possible and will do it as brightly and convincingly as possible.

Companion

This is a person who will always be by your side, whenever and no matter what happens. You can call him at any time of the day when something happens in your life - good or bad. He will come to you even to the ends of the earth, if necessary. This is the person for whom you, without any exaggeration, are ready to risk your own life. And you know it's mutual.

Explorer (Connector)

They are great specialists in building "bridges" - connections that help you get what you need. They can introduce you to anyone. These are people in whose arsenal there is always a large number of invitations to lunches and dinners, social events and presentations. Sometimes you think they know everyone around you. Among your friends, this is the person you turn to first when you need advice on finding a job, choosing a doctor, a nanny for a child, a good restaurant, and a party planner.

Driver (Energizer)

These are the people who bring movement into your life. It is always fun with them and there are many unexpected incidents, which you then cannot talk about without laughing. In the blink of an eye they pull you out of the deepest melancholy, and even if everything is bad around, they act under the motto “Well, at least we had a lot of fun!”. With them, you smile more and laugh more often.

Explorer (Mind-opener)

These are people who create a wide space for your ideas and thoughts. They seem to give you the courage to explore new ideas, opportunities, cultures, people, relationships by their very presence. They help you create changes in your life, they know how to ask the right questions.

In their presence, it is not scary to express the most delusional thoughts and ideas that you are not yet ready to discuss with others. Next to these people, you feel how your horizons expand, how you become a wiser and just a good person.

Realist (Navigator)

This is a friend who can always give you good advice when you need it; which you usually turn to when you need to discuss and think about the pros and cons of a solution. In a difficult situation, he will always help you stay connected to reality as much as possible and find a way out.

If you feel confused, you can feel free to contact a realist - he will definitely tell you who you really are. Realists are very good helpers in achieving goals: give them direction, tell them what you want, and have time to write down ideas.

With all this in mind, we can:

• empower your friends to play the most important roles in our lives;
• learn to create strong friendships not only at school, institute, family, but also at work;
• balance our lives by consciously developing the relationships we need.