Before March 2020 and the Covid lockdowns that followed, many of us saw our co-workers just as often, if not more so, than our friends and family.

The pandemic saw these relationships alter and many have found maintaining and fostering new work connections particularly difficult when working virtually.

Friendship plays an important role in why we stay at work and why we become engaged at work.

Founder of HSM Advisory, Prof. Lynda Gratton, joined Isabel Berwick on The Financial Times Working It podcast to discuss the importance of friendship at work and how managers can encourage friendships.

You can listen to the episode here.