Question: Should your boss be your friend?

Question: Should your boss be your friend?

Should your boss be your friend? Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp weighs in on this topic...

Colleagues giving each other gifts
Colleagues giving each other gifts / iStock

Award-winning media personality Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp recently asked a very important question: Should your boss be your friend? 

She asked listeners to weigh in and the views from listeners are mixed. 

One listener said: "Keep it real with a bit of wine".

Others said that it's a BIG 'no'. 

A recent article said that you are creating a toxic work environment if you are promoting a friendship with your boss.

The article suggests that when you are friends with your boss, it is easy for professional and personal relationships to blur. 

Furthermore, the article suggests that you are losing the opportunity for growth. 

What do you think? Take the poll below and let us know:

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