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When business partnerships strain long-term friendships

My business partner and I have been friends for fifteen years, but lately I've noticed he's been making decisions about our company without consulting me, and when I bring it up he says he was just handling things efficiently but I feel like I'm being edged out of my own business.

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What we've seen

Professional power dynamics can corrupt personal relationships when autonomy and collaboration become indistinguishable from exclusion and control.

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