Are you being sabotaged at work? Let's face it,
company politics can get dirty and whether it's
office gossip, a bad boss or backstabbing
coworkers, someone you work with might be trying
to step on you in order for them to get ahead.
What can you do about a sabotaging boss or
sabotaging coworkers? And how can you make sure
that there's simply an annoyance at work and don't
do actual damage to your career? Oh, that's
exactly what we're talking about today. If you're
ready, tap that like button and let's jump
straight into it. The first step when you're
dealing with sabotaging behavior at work is to
ignorance not sabotage. I know this is easier said
than done. And then at least one of you is
probably going to accuse me of being naive in the
comments. Here's the thing I truly do not believe
that most people are vindictive, toxic co workers
who would sacrifice you at the altar of the career
success Gods but asked me if I think some people
are unaware of the impact of their actions and are
a good Smidge selfish while I place my wager
there. Where would you place your bat? In my
experience, when you assume the worst of people,
you get just that the worst but assume they intend
their best even if they're showing up at their
worst and now you're in a position to lift them up
to your level. Does this mean that no one is a
toxic AF person and this alone will solve all of
your problems. But your energy impacts your
approach to the problem. Raise your vibe to shine
and then carry on to step two with dealing with
sabotaging behavior at work and do a damage
assessment not all sabotaging coworkers are
created equally after all. For example, a
sabotaging coworker who has little impact or
influence on your team, while frustrating is
futile. However, a sabotaging boss who has the
position and authority to promote you or make
decisions about keeping you around? Well that has
higher damage potential. Ask yourself this
question What is the worst they can do? What I
find most typically in this scenarios is
sabotaging coworkers try to undermine you at work.
They drag you into unwanted office gossip tailor
made to make you look bad and they will do their
best to create obstacles for your career success
such as omitting you from a key meeting and saying
it was an oversight removing you from at all
strings by accident or simply in regularly
slathering your ideas and contributions with
unhealthy doses of their skepticism. leaning back
and accepting their sabotaging behavior at work is
not going to cut it. Even if you hate playing
games at work like I do. It's still time to make
some political moves to insulate yourself from the
damage that a sabotaging boss or sabotaging
coworker can do to your career. And that brings us
to step three in dealing with sabotaging behavior
at work. And that is finding workarounds. One of
the most common sabotaging behaviors at work is to
have a boss or a co worker who is putting
obstacles in your way hoops to jump through, if
you will, for example, your boss suggests that you
work with who is actually your sabotaging co
worker to get key information on an initiative
that you own naturally you're sabotaging coworker
does with sabotaging co workers do they refuse to
give you the information that you need? They don't
reply to emails or slacks or carrier pigeons. In
instances like this look to see if there's another
person that you can get information from or access
that information in a system like your CRM. This
honestly is not going to apply in all situations.
And when you're being sabotage to work by a toxic
boss or a bad manager. It's going to be more
complex for you to navigate than if it's a
competitive co worker but trying to find ways to
navigate around the sabotaging behavior is a
necessary step you'll still need to implement the
next step and in my opinion, this is the most
important one amplify your awesomeness at work.
You're sabotaging coworker or sabotaging boss is
working to undermine you at work and to discredit
you. They're trying to look better by making you
look bad. However, when you've implemented this
step that becomes nearly impossible. And you've
heard me talk about this before you need to know
what your unique awesomeness quotient. your UAQ
is. And you need to bring it to life both you
professional reputation and your personal brand i
built on your ua Q and when it's established, it'
hard to say for example, your sabotaging coworke
is going to have a hard time convincing anyon
you're difficult to work with when you're n
collaborator. In fact, they might end up lookin
bad there. And even in the worst case scenario
you're you aq is going to give you exit options
Now you might be like I don't know my UAQ and I
definitely don't know what to do with that good
thing. I have a free resource that's going to help
you out. It's linked in the description bar down
below. Once you're out there being all awesome.
You need to make sure that you implement the next
step. If you don't you're leaving the door wide
open for your sabotaging boss or your sabotaging
co worker to see that credit you need to keep
records and leave a paper trail whether the
workplace sabotaging his idea thievery,
undermining behavior or anything in that family of
toxic workplace behavior. Doc, you meant it You
need to make sure you cover your peach when that
sabotaging behavior is around how do I cover my
ass? You wonder? There are a few ways to do this.
An easy way is to create records using electronic
communications such as slack email, and
collaborative documents that track contributions
like Google Docs, when that isn't an option. Take
diligent notes and send summaries to stakeholders.
I hate to be the person who's like cc other people
into it. But if you have a sabotaging coworker,
looping in your boss, if it's pertinent might be
the right staff. And no matter what makes sure
that you are regularly communicating your progress
and your impacts to your manager, do not be
modest. When you do this, however, do make sure
that you're concise and if your boss is the one
sabotaging you at work, you can use this
communication to denote obstacles in a non blaming
non accusatory way, of course, just stating facts,
you know, and that brings me to the next step,
which is to talk to them about their sabotaging
behavior at work. This one is loaded, and it might
take caution. But since you're a professional
adult, it's time to have a difficult conversation.
They're going back to our first app, we know that
this sabotaging behavior is not always
intentional, perhaps you're going to enlighten
them to something they were completely unaware of
and do them major solid. I know this is a scary
step because Yikes. conflict. Remember that
conflict doesn't have to be a bad thing. It can be
incredibly productive. You just need to be
prepared for it. If the thought of possible
conflict terrifies you, I do have a video that
will help you prepare that you can check out after
this one. And actually, let's take a quick detour
to something that's been coming up in the comments
lately. Should you get help. And for this, I say
you need to escalate with caution. If you happen
to be in a supportive workplace, this is a great
option. Even if you're not asking for an
intervention in a supportive workplace. Your HR
team or your manager might provide you great
gardens in handling the situation with your
sabotaging co worker However, not all well and it
can make the situation even worse. I'm not saying
not to do it. What I'm saying is you need to know
what situation and what kind of support you're
likely to get if you decide to take that step. If
you're interested in a video why I say to take
caution I might make a video that dives into the
reasons why if you're interested in that can you
let me know in the comments down below for now
we're not going to dwell on it and we're going to
move into the next step. Minimize contact as much
as possible with your sabotaging coworker or
sabotaging boss. The more you interact with them,
the more you're subject to their sabotaging
behavior at work just like work arounds. This one
can be complicated and isn't always possible.
However, ask yourself if there is a way for you to
minimize interactions or can you transition those
interactions into different modes like email and
it's messenger that creates that paper trail for
you no matter why when you're dealing with
sabotaging behavior at work, whether it's from a
sabotaging boss or a sabotaging co worker, the
most important thing you can do is stay positive
and professional. Their behavior does not define
you Your reaction and how you hold yourself
defines who you are. And after all, your goal is
not to make them your Nemesis even if that seems
to be their goal. And if that is the case and you
have a toxic boss or a toxic co worker you need to
proceed accordingly. Which brings me to you
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