Discoverthis is work744 how to friend at work: navigating workplace friendships with Steph Clarke
744 how to friend at work: navigating workplace friendships with Steph Clarke

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

Update: 2025-11-09
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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 friendships


Connect 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/


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

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