Building good relationships within organizations

NO man is an island, according to seventeenth-century English author John Donne. We develop relationships because, as social beings, we naturally interact and create bonds with others. This phenomenon facilitated our species' survival, which is primarily the reason why we thrive. This communal bond is what we often call friendship.

Friendships can be described as relationships between acquaintances that may lead to closer ties that make one feel comfortable without the fear of judgment. As we build and strengthen this type of relationship, we also enrich mutual respect, regard and reciprocity. Aristotle's Philosophy of Friendships also says that "friendship is only possible between good people similar in virtue because only good people can love another person for that person's own sake."