Here’s a statistic that might shock you: we will spend around one third of all the waking hours of our life at work. That’s a third of our limited time here working alongside a random collection of people all thrown together by the allure of similar careers and industries.

Most of these strangers will float in and out of your life, becoming faint memories. A small minority of them, if you’re lucky, will jump across the imaginary boundary to become real, lifelong friends outside the workplace.

Getting on with your colleagues can make a world of difference at work.Credit: iStock

Work is not your family (and never should be), however the relationships we form between 9 and 5 are still an important part of our lives. But how well do you know the people you work with? And by well, I mean, how much do you really know about them beyond where they live and what their children’s names are?

If you want to improve your job, one of the best things you can is to improve your relationships at work, and there’s a fascinating amount of research that backs this up.

Culture Amp, the Australian employee experience platform, recently found that employees who report strong team relationships are 39 per cent more likely to perform at a high........

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