That 53% of workers think playing politics can get them that promotion.
In today's video, I wanted to talk about how to deal with workplace politics with three
tips, so that you can continue to do your job and be successful in that environment.
If this is our first time meeting, hello, my name is Holly.
I'm a certified career coach and strategist.
I've worked for Google, Amazon, and startups, and have helped thousands of individuals find
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If you're watching this video, I know that you have experienced office politics in some
shape or form in your career.
So, let's look at the definition of what office politics is for those who are not aware of
it.
It is the use of power and social networking within an organization to achieve changes
that benefit the organization or individuals within it.
What creates office politics?
Well, first of all, we're all human, which means we're emotional, we're sensitive.
We have wants.
We have needs.
We have insecurity, as well as unconscious bias without even knowing that we're acting
upon it.
Unfortunately, office politics has become the norm in today's society.
Let's talk about my three tips to help you tackle office politics in a way where you
are influencing your peers and your leaders and have credibility.
Tip number one, a performance mindset.
Having office politics is similar to someone carrying a disease.
When one person bad mouth or talk negatively of a person, an environment, whatever nature
that is, it will spread faster than you and I can drink a glass of water.
So, the best thing to do is to stay out of that drama and focus on doing a great job,
the role that you're hired to do, so that you can demonstrate your credibility and earn
trust from the leadership, your team and your peers.
Tip number two, keep a distance.
Professionals, as long as you choose to work for an employer, there will be some form of
politics in your environment.
Why is that?
Because the environments have a diverse set of talents.
Diversity comes with all types of different ideas, so not everyone is going to agree with
what you say, vice versa.
On top of that, you will also get some individuals that love to gossip about others for some
odd reasons, right?
So, you just need to make sure that you are maintaining your professionalism and friendliness
towards those individuals because the number one key in any environment is collaboration.
Whether you like them or not, one form or another, I guarantee if you were to transfer
it to different team, you'll run into that individual.
If you move to a different company altogether, there is a very high likelihood that you will
work with the same individual in that company again because our industry are very small.
So, you want to leave an impression that is positive and with good manner and poster towards
those folks.
Tip number three, your brand.
You don't have control what others say about you, but what you do have control is standing
up for yourself.
So, if the rumors or gossip is affecting your brand or your team, assuming that you're a
people manager, then this is a great time for you to address the issue with your leader.
Go higher up if you need to because you're also demonstrating your caring nature, and
also helping the organization build a positive culture where employees love to work.
Now that you know my three tips on how to deal with workplace politics, people manager,
I highly recommend you to check out my video on why good employees quit.
There are some useful informations on there to help you better support your team to avoid
them from giving you that resignation letter.
I'll leave the link in the video below.
For ambitious professionals, I do host a career strategies Q and A every single week.
I'll leave the link in the description below, and I'll hope to see you there.
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Until next week, thank you so much for watching.
Bye now.