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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Office Politics IV – Even Hitler Had a Friend
This fifth article in the series about being politically savvy in the workplace builds upon the foundational insights of the prior four articles:
Office Politics I addressed the issue of neutralizing a toxic person at your workplace instead of committing either of the two fatal errors of trying to make them a friend or treating them like an enemy. Instead, we want to neutralize their toxic affect upon the work environment.
Office Politics II showed you how to use public displays of camaraderie to neutralize the “behind your back” toxic communications.
Office Politics III – Judo Versus Karate Words
This third article in this series about being politically savvy in the workplace builds upon the foundational insights of the prior two articles.
Office Politics I addressed the issue of neutralizing a toxic person at your workplace instead of committing either of the two fatal errors of trying to make them a friend or treating them like an enemy. Instead, we want to neutralize their toxic effect upon the work environment.
Office Politics II showed you how to use public displays of camaraderie to neutralize “behind your back” toxic communications.
Posted in Office Musings, Office Politics
Tagged bureacracy, office politics, savvy, words
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Office Politics II – Use Public Power to Neutralize a Toxic Person
This second article in a series about being politically savvy in the workplace builds upon the foundational insight of neutralizing a toxic person at your workplace instead of committing either of the two fatal errors of trying to make them a friend or treating them like an enemy. Instead, we want to neutralize their toxic affect upon the work environment.
A Short Story
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Tagged bully, neutralize, office politics, toxic
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Office Politics I – Neutralize, Don’t Make Friends
This first article in a series about being politically savvy in the workplace lays the foundation with a critical concept: how we position ourselves in relationship to a difficult personality in the workplace.
Two Common Errors That Lead to Failure
When faced with the challenge of a difficult personality in our workplace, we tend to go to one extreme or the other:
1. Error #1 – we may try to make the person our friend
2. Error #2 – we see them as an enemy
