Great commentary and reflection on workplace relationships and how they impact our lives.
Think about if you love someone at work as a friend and how infrequent you likely tell that person how much you appreciate them.
I encourage you all to acknowledge all of those that play a major role in your lives.
…So a leader I very much respect recently announced he was pursuing another opportunity. When I first found out, my immediate reaction was to be happy for them; after all, professionally speaking (as in other contexts) people move on. And as both an HR pro and human being, my default place is to wish everyone the best when they come upon this moment in their own lives.
With that said, my second thought was “I wonder if I’ve seen this person for the last time?”, which is of course a perfectly valid question since – as a practical matter – many people that we know in a work context disappear from our lives once said context changes.
How many other people have faded from my life the same way – and vice versa? I’ve spent the better part of an hour thinking about it, and I’m not quite sure… I…