BUSINESS OF FRIENDSHIP Making the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time

Friendship expert Shasta Nelson has a wonderful palette of pitch and phrasing patterns that make her encyclopedic guide immensely engaging to hear. Her performance helps convince listeners that friendships at work offer many benefits. People with good friends at work are more likely to be happier with their lives, more engaged with their jobs, and more collaborative, creative, and productive. She debunks fears that work friendships create drama, favoritism, and tricky conflicts of interest by citing an overwhelming number of studies, surveys, and illustrative cases. Though her documentation is seemingly endless and the logic of her arguments unassailable, Nelson’s enthusiasm and the sparkle in her voice keep the density of her writing from weighing down the learning experience. T.W. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2021]