It’s one thing to strike up a friendship with a business peer; it’s another thing when a potential friend is your subordinate. Where should business owners draw the line in their friendships with employees? Yaniv Masjedi shares a few rules to live by.
Is It OK to Be Friends With Your Employees?
Posted by dhennessy under ManagementFrom http://experts.allbusiness.com 3924 days ago
Made Hot by: SJC on July 27, 2013 12:04 am
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3919 days ago
3919 days ago
Another rule of thumb I learned from John Wooden, the most successful college basketball coach ever, was to let it be known that you're not going to treat everyone the same, but instead are going to treat them according to what they've earned and deserved. So in his case, the people that performed well in practice and performed well in games, got to start to start the game and everyone else was second string.
This one is hard to forget when you've got a smooth talker but not a smooth doer who uses their "friendship" to get you to give them preferential treatment they haven't earned nor do they deserve.
Thank you Yaniv for reminding me of such important lessons. :)
3924 days ago