Property News · June 8, 2010

If you only do one thing this week … learn to survive office politics


Tact and diplomacy can help you stay on the right side of work colleagues and avoid getting drawn into petty disputesNew life may have just have been breathed back into politics in Westminster, but in offices up and down the country it has been flourishing for years. You’ll know it when you see it – the cluster of heads bent intently over the water cooler, the thrusting ego at the conference table, the red eyes in the ladies’ lavatory and the sycophant bringing in a cappuccino for the boss.Office politics, be it gossip, bullying or self-promotion, is rooted in power struggles and is inevitable in every organisation where fragile egos are hierarchically organised. Moreover, it is intensifying, according to Neil Shah, director of the Stress Management Society. “The economic downturn means fewer people are doing more work and people under pressure tend to communicate more emotionally and more aggressively than they normally would,” he said. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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