Politics in the workplace is a fact of life. If you don’t like it, get over it, or quit. Organizations are made up of people and nobody is perfect. People see from their perceptions and often have conflicting goals and objectives. Because of these factors, it’s inevitable that politics will surface in companies of all [...]

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Now that we have generally discussed how to get newspaper, radio and TV publicity in (parts 1-4) of this mini series, we will conclude this series with a little insight into managing a public relations media communications roll out plan. This article is based on several years of personal experience.When thinking about communicating with the [...]

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“I don’t play games at work,” proudly declares the naive, unsavvy person who needs to believe that all it should take to succeed is hard work and talent. After all, it is a fundamental message many of us heard growing up from parents and educators who also needed to believe in this simplistic formula for [...]

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So when you just graduated from university/college and looking forward to your first job, everything was doing great – your boss is nice, Supervisor and colleagues are helpful and friendly, but your worst fear comes true when you are caught in one of the most common problem which is office politics.It is unfortunate but do [...]

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Office politics is a significant player in nearly every organization. The bigger the organization the bigger the politics become. The “drama” associated with such games can cause serious problems for companies in terms of operations, innovation and morale. Companies that want to beat out their competitors need to keep down the level of politics that [...]

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Political Expert For many years that’s what people called me.?It was not a title I wore proudly.?I worked my way from entry level programmer to senior management in a large telecom company.?I knew a lot of people, and I had a great sense for how to work within the “system”.?I understood how it could overwhelm [...]

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No grouping of human beings is without some amount of politics. Managing deployment of Six Sigma in your organization will unavoidably run into some personal issues and conflict. However, with deft handling of the personal and political issues that come up, along with patience and perseverance, your Six Sigma deployment will not get derailed.Political factors [...]

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Many times we see lot of people leaving their jobs because they found the work place politics affecting their life. Internal politics involving the people at work place are some times bad and avoidable. These politics not only affect the normal working of job, but also may some time cause people to quite their jobs. [...]

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Skeptical? Don’t blame you. Bad politics can devour an organization through lost productivity from infighting and the critical absence of truth. Usually, one thinks of credit-stealing backstabbing gossipers who wreck havoc on innocent employees’ careers. In fact, so much so, that some decent people won’t risk the climb on the corporate ladder because they don’t [...]

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I spent years in deep denial about office politics. I flatly refused to believe it was necessary to “play” politics in order to succeed. And – with a symbolic if not actual stamp of my foot – if it was necessary, then I’d sacrifice my career on the altar of my disdain!Many people confound themselves [...]

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