Chapter 3
People matter
Imagine that you’re visiting your friend’s house for the first time. After a while, you need to use the bathroom. Since this is your first time there, you clearly don’t know where the bathroom is, so you wouldn’t dare wander around to find it. Instead, you would ask your friend and you would need him or her to show you around. It’s the same at work. You need the people already working there to show you around.
Regardless of the type of organisation you work for, having great relationships with the people you work with and for is extremely important. This is probably one of the biggest differences between work and school. When I use the word ‘relationship’, I don’t mean just being able to ‘get along’. Instead, I’m referring ...
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