The topic of workplace politics came up during one of my VIP retreats.
It was during one of the Mastermind Sessions. These are generally free flowing facilitated meetings.
The question was asked by one of the members to another member, “So why don’t you run for office in your home state?”
“You mean get into politics?”
“I guess you have to do that to run for an elected office, sure, why not?.”
“Oh, that’s the last thing I want to do is get into politics!”
“You’re telling me that there’s no politics in your business? You became an Executive at xyz Corp. and have been there for over ten years and you’re not involved or aware of office politics?”
The flood gates then burst open.
Everyone had a war story of the workplace politics at their company.
Now, I should share with you that the people who are participating in these VIP retreats that I hold are professionals. They tend to be from all walks of professional life – business, non-profits, sports and a few entrepreneurs on their first, second or third career change.
One might assume on the topic of workplace politics with the participants all from varied backgrounds there might be differences of opinion. This was not the case at all!
There was agreement that politics were utilized in the organizations they were familiar with as a tool to gain power or for an individual to gain popularity. At time it was utilized to tarnish the reputation of another person.
The work from home environment has not decreased workplace politics at all.
The name may not be office politics any longer, however, workplace politics is as strong as ever. In fact, since in person access has decreased, the intentional maneuvering has increased.
In the next article I’ll present some of the effects of workplace politics and ways to handle workplace politics where you work.
Meanwhile – have a story on workplace politics you would like to share? Share the story here.
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