Never brag on an employee, because as sure as you do, that person will let you down almost immediately, in the very area you bragged on.

Always treat your employees as you would like to be treated, but never cross the line by making a friend of an employee.

For harmony and peaceful success in business: Never make a friend of an employee or an employee of a friend. That's not to say, "don't be kind, but never cross the line of fraternization." In doing so your authority begins to crumble and cannot be regained.

This just echoes what I've heard all over the state. State employees just don't trust the governor. They don't trust him with their pensions, they don't trust him to hire competent managers, they don't trust him with the state budget.

The obvious advantage is the trust, loyalty and dependability that you have from and for your customers, employees, suppliers and stockholders,

Never do business with friends, family, or church folks, lest you live to regret it.