People in management need to make sure that their demeanor is professional at all times. This may result in a lack of “friends” in a manager’s subordinates, but it is necessary to maintain a neutral work environment, without playing favorites.
Here is a story chronicling a situation when a manager left her professionalism by the wayside and gossiped with her subordinates about one of their peers. It left the gossiped about peer feeling very uncomfortable and hurt.
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