When female friendships get complicated in the workplace (and what to do about it), with Brooke Taylor, author of "Healing the Success Wound"

About this episode

Danielle and Brooke discuss how to navigate complicated female friendships in the workplace.

How to navigate friendship at work without losing the relationship, with Brooke Taylor She's your lunch buddy, your Slack confidante, your person at work. But what happens when boundaries get blurry, or you start sensing competition where there used to be camaraderie? Workplace friendships between women are some of the most meaningful connections we form as adults, and some of the most complicated to maintain. In this episode, Danielle sits down with executive career coach and former Google marketing lead Brooke Taylor to tackle three of the most common questions women ask about navigating friendship at work. They dig into why mismatched expectations between "colleagues first" and "friends first" cause so much friction, how the success wound fuels jealousy and comparison with the women closest to you, and what happens when entrepreneur friendships blur the line between support and strategy-sharing. 🎧 BUT WAIT… THERE'S MORE. This week's bonus content for Office Hours members includes: a bonus segment of the interview with Brooke sharing 3 ways to raise your self worth (if you're often competing with work friends) a personal video from Danielle sharing her key takeaways from…

People in this episode

Host: Danielle Bayard Jackson

Guest: Brooke Taylor

Topics covered

• female friendships
• workplace dynamics
• boundaries
• jealousy
• support vs strategy

Keywords

• work friendships
• female relationships
• career coaching
• success wound
• jealousy at work

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Healing the Success Wound

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