"The impact and importance of office relationships are a perennial workplace issue, " says Kimbra Green of Croner business consulting.
CareerBuilder found that 63% of workers who have office relationships are public with them, compared with 46% six years ago.
Complaining about the performance of another employee, especially if he or she is well liked by others, can negatively impact your other office relationships.
It embeds post-office workers deep in local communities, and gives the post-office customer relationships that commercial banks would die for.
Worried about the effects proliferating office-based relationships have on productivity, more UK corporations are introducing "love contracts" to deter them.
The Home Office said working relationships had been established with police officials from countries where high volumes of offenders come from.
Other times those relationships turn sour and the office becomes a minefield of anxiety and distraction.
The AILO is a small office that was created in 1995, to improve relationships between American Indian tribes, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and the National Park Service through consultation, outreach, technical assistance, education, and advisory services.
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Aside from ticking off your colleagues and possibly tarnishing certain relationships, talking about the election in the office could affect your work.
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And in the meantime, succeed in your new role by learning as much as you can about the office culture and proactively communicating, sharing information, and building relationships with your colleagues.
"People have to have relationships -- not just from doing well in the front office but to asset management and private wealth management in particular, " says Hollands.
Google Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette explained to a tech group in Australia recently that the idea is to make the office so attractive that people will come in and stay, developing stronger relationships and pioneering new programs, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Some managers say the office just holds more opportunities for the accidental encounters that can lead to new products or relationships.
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