The Office Power Hungry

When we talk about office politices, we always say that we don’t want to get involved with all of that and that we are just here to keep our head down and do a job.

Right... as if its going to happen this way.. Dream on..

It would be the wrong move to adopt that rigid attitude. There are many annoying people in the world, so you might as well learn how to deal with them. 5 days a week, when there are humans around,there are bound to be personality clashes from time to time at work and it’s not simply enough to bury our head in the gound all of the time.

Most office politics occur with one or more than one person holding 'or being seen as holding' an amount of power within the office. These people blame others for their mistakes or will try to undermine the efforts and abilities of others to make them feel better about themselves, or simply take your credit. Then have you come across those that don't even want to do anything but could effortlessly pretend that they are working hard. Worst, you could be influence by them!

A lot of people who play office politics do so because they are unsure about their own abilities and achievements and try to conceal their own shortcomings and to make others feel they less worthy. Therefore, it’s important to be proud of our own accomplishments and make sure that our efforts are recognised and noted. If most of the staff are aware that we consistently produce good work, this is far more likely to 'curry favour' than those who are less accomplished than we are but who will also try to undermine us whenever possible. Simply view that as their weakness.

Never allow ourselves to get so upset as we will be giving this person a great deal of power over our feelings. Simply view them as another work problem that must be managed.

Always limit our conversations to job-related topics. Also improve our own relationship with the boss by doing outstanding work, share helpful information and be consistently pleasant and cooperative. And never complain about our co-worker or we end up looking like a whiner.

Always bear in mind: Employees and managers who must concentrate on the political aspects of work may have less time to pay attention their jobs. Which lead to financial loss which may lead to job loss.