The Daily Stat: Why It's Important to Initiate Relationships at Work

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile AUGUST 4, 2011 Why It's Important to Initiate Relationships at Work Employees who are the most unwilling to develop workplace friendships seem to be the least likely to be promoted, according to research by Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage. In a blog post on HBR.org, he says he divided employees into quartiles on the basis of their willingness to initiate work relationships, such as by inviting coworkers out for drinks. Just 5% of the bottom quartile were extremely engaged in their work, and just 7% had been promoted in the past year. About 40% of employees in the other quartiles had received promotions. Source: What Giving Gets You at the Office Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT Mastering Business Fundamentals: A Harvard ManageMentor Skill Pack Harvard ManageMentor To stay competitive today you need to be proficient in many aspects of managing a business, from reading financial statements and creating a budget and negotiating lower prices from a supplier to growing your customer base. With this much responsibility and very little spare time, who do you turn to for help? This new skill pack "Mastering Business Fundamentals" from Harvard ManageMentor is designed specifically to give you the advice and hands-on tools you need to be successful. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's Must Reads Library Set Guide to Persuasive Presentations Guide to Better Business Writing Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS Twice the R&D Budget Doesn't Get You Twice the Innovations Job Seekers Willing to Take Losses on Homes and Relocate Why Rising Gas Prices Make Us Thinner Schooling Increases Your IQ Year by Year For Successful Artists, It Matters When You Die Rich Parents Withhold Asset Details from Kids Gas Is More Expensive in Poor Neighborhoods People Born in Economic Booms Live Longer China Exempts More from Taxes to Ease Income Gap Many Waitstaffers Say Tips Don't Reward Service Free HBR Interactive issue Download the iPad app HBR Reads, and get your issue with audio and video interviews and multimedia slideshows. Learn more » UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2011 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)