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4 ways to manage the perils of ‘friend-ployees’

How to maintain your authority when you become close with your employees.

When starting a business, it can feel like you are living in the office. Having a team you trust is important, but with long hours and close working conditions, its easy to let the line between employee and friend blur.

Like many entrepreneurs, Reema Khan, CEO of s.h.a.p.e.s. Brow Bar, in Cerritos, Calif. spends long hours with her employees. Lately, her focus on opening a new concept, She Bar, a high-end one-stop beauty services “bar,” has her working in one location every day for month instead of traveling to the various locations of her business.

Khan, who has had problems in the past with employees who got too “chummy,” is careful to keep her professional expectations clear.

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