#2 Affiliation: Turn an Adversary into a Colleague

With enhanced affiliation, working together becomes easier and more productive. There are two qualities to affiliation:

Structural connections: These are links you have with someone else based upon your common membership in a group. You can strengthen structural connections by finding links that you have in common with someone or by creating new links.

Personal connections: These are the personal ties that bond you with another. By talking about personal matters, you can reduce the personal distance between you. But make sure to give people plenty of space, too

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