Surviving Office Politics

Doing a job is not that easy, it’s not always about being qualified for the job or doing it right. There are other factors which could affect your carrier and its future, this often originate around the water cooler, and it’s called office politics. It’s very important how you handle different characters associated with office politics. So how to handle office politics, these are some of the factors that I’ve noticed during the brief history of my carrier which could improve the way you handle politics in your office.

Surviving Office Politics

1.Always try to be Professional.
2.Try to listen, but try not to talk.
3.Secrets always spread faster than memos
4.Avoid criticizing your boss with others.
5.Enemies can destroy your confidence & peace of mind, try no to make any (A heart full sorry could make a huge difference).
6.Sometimes, accepting the mistakes could stop spreading it further than denying it.
7.Stop complaining too much, it’s a big headache (to the boss).
8.Making others look bad doesn’t make you look good( and vice versa)
9.Constructive criticism is always better than criticizing people.
10.Don’t disclose everything to everybody.
11.Try to think relatively, try to think how you feel if it happens to you.
12.Keep your image clean.
13.Be cool, laugh & joke.
14.People change, so keep your personal things to yourself.( Thy use it to blackmail you).
15.Time can solve problems too, so give some time.
16.Those who climb higher using dirty tricks comes down faster, so b patient.
17.Be firm, but not aggressive.