From Colleagues to Connection: Why Work Friendships Matter
Publication: Employee Engagement | Team culture | trust and connection | workplace connections | Workplace Friendships
Workplace friendship is easy to dismiss as a nice-to-have: good for morale, helpful when it happens, but not something leaders need to actively consider. However, that view is increasingly out of step with how we experience work today. KPMG’s 2025 Friends at Work research found that 45% of employees surveyed feel isolated and alone at […]
Friendships are important at work and here’s why
Publication: Employee Wellbeing | Organizational Culture | Team dynamics | Workplace Friendships
Organisations often talk about culture, but rarely consider the role that having friends at work plays in creating a healthy, dynamic and productive environment. The gap has become more costly over time, as what the research now shows about loneliness in the workplace makes clear. There’s no doubt that workplaces are complex environments – bringing […]
Why friendship is important in the workplace
Publication: collaboration | Employee Engagement | Team productivity | Workplace Friendships
Organisations often talk about culture, but rarely consider the role that having friendships at work plays in creating a healthy, dynamic and productive work environment. There’s no doubt that workplaces are complex environments – bringing together a melting pot of people with varying ideas, assumptions, experiences, expectations and ambitions. They can also be highly destructive. The damage that unhealthy […]