Types of workplace Relationships

Before making good professional relationships, one must first grasp certain basic

workplace relationship structures. To begin with, a team member—employees in the same group

with a similar goal of completing a project form a team-member relationship. A team member's

job title may be the same as another's, or they may work primarily in a different department

(Methot, 1800). Team leaders frequently command these groups to complete a certain task,

manage the assignment, and attempt to address work-related challenges and arguments. A

colleague is another type of workplace connection. Coworker relationships are founded on

coincidental closeness due to a common job. This person is a knowledgeable acquaintance. Thus,

healthy and suitable colleague interactions are usually pleasant and involve limited work-related

communication. A client connection also exists between an employee and the customer. Most

non-profit organizations maintain ties with their consumers. When working with individuals who

have customer relations, actions and behaviour must reflect the overall business. The mentor

relationship is the other workplace link (1800). A mentor is someone who advises or coaches

someone in a specific field. Work acquaintances are colleagues with whom one routinely

collaborates, shares a similar workplace, or works nearby, and this affiliation may always extend

to non-professional and social gatherings, both within and outside the workplace. Friends at

work are support systems, and maintaining these connections is advantageous to both parties.

Finally, another working connection may arise due to junior employees reporting to their

superiors in a hierarchy (1800). An individual in a leadership position must guarantee that his

relationship with his junior employees is apt. They must develop cordial and neutral connections

with individuals who report to them, whether team leaders or managers. This form of

relationship necessitates clarity.