Hello again, its me Rima and I am back again with yet another super interesting lesson.
Now today's lesson is a bit tricky and yes it can get nasty, because its all about work
politics. Now we all know that work politics is a reality and however much we hate it.
Its there for us to deal with it, so what I'm going to do is, I'm going to come up with
certain words that describe work politics. I don' t advice you to practice this, but
I advice you to know of this, so that you can actually deal with it, when its thrown at you.
So the first such interesting work politics ethic, I would call it is, Name dropping,
very common and used very often. So now this actually means to use important names. Now
this practice is rampant a lot of people are doing this, so imagine, you go for a client
meeting and before the meeting actually starts or before you actually get to the point, you
use the names of a lot of important people or important or influential clients that you
might have and suddenly, the new client perceives you as influential. There you go, you used
important names to forward your work. This can also happen, when you're trying to request
a favor from a colleague. So before you ask for the favor, if you casually slip in the
fact that, the CEO is a distinct cousin of yours, trust me you're gonna get your work
done much faster. Now this is very manipulative, I don't advice you to do this, but there are
gonna be people, who try this technique on you, so make sure you're aware of what name
dropping means. It means to use important names to get your work done. Up next, To curry
favor. Now this is nothing to do with the fragrant curry and no this is not a spelling
mistake, I didn't mean the flavor of the curry. This means something entirely different. Curry
favor means to try, to get into the good books. Now mostly I have seen employees do this with
their bosses. They try to curry favor, which means they try to get into their bosses good
books. Now they do this by doing a lot of things, like probably arriving before time,
because the boss is a fanatic for punctuality or probably you know bringing coffee for the
boss, just like a casual gesture and over a period of time get the boss to like them.
So that's what they are doing, they are currying favor. This is a practice that you'll see
a lot of people use. Make sure you're aware, what they're up to. And the next one, Oh my
god, Bad mouthing. Now is that a problem or what? Bad mouthing actually means to criticize
or back bite. So a lot of people, you know create this kind of negative energy at work.
They choose one particular target whose you know their co-worker, whom they don't like
and they go around bad mouthing as in criticizing or back biting about the person. And that's
not a very good thing to do, in fact that's the worse thing you can do and if the person
you are talking to is fairly wise, that person is going to actually see what you're up to,
but you'll actually find a lot of people indulging in bad mouthing, make sure you're not one
of them. Moving on there's, Idea snatching. Now in today's creative world, this has become
a huge reality, which means to pass off another's idea as your own. So imagine, if you're getting,
you're on a coffee break with a co-worker and you'll are discussing ideas for the presentation
and to the surprise of the co-worker, when you actually give out the presentation or
when the actual presentation happens, suddenly the co-workers idea is the top idea in your
presentation. Now that's very very nasty. Taking someone else's idea and passing it
off as your own to gain credit or curry favor with your boss is not a good work ethic. But
don't be surprised if people actually do that to you. Be careful about your ideas, keep
them to yourself, unless you know they are like a common idea, which is to be shared
with everyone. That's all about Idea snatching, which is become a huge reality. Something
you need to be careful about. Lobbying, now lobbying actually means to seek support or
influence. So you're gonna find a lot of lobbyist at your work place. People who actually go
from person to person, co-worker to co-worker trying to seek influence and support for their
ideas. So if you have some crusader in your work place, who thinks that Saturdays have
to be a holiday or Saturdays have to be working for that matter and that person's gonna go
from person to person trying to gather support for his or her idea. And that act is called
lobbying. Now this is a very political act, because it kind of makes you come across as
like a work place leader or very very influential. Moving on there is, Over stepping, which happens
on and off at work places. Now over stepping means going beyond one's scope. So if you're
an Assistant Manager and you're always cutting out the ideas of your manager interrupting
him, being bossy with your manager, you are kind of over stepping your boundaries and
trying to appear more influential than your reporting boss. Now if your super boss likes
this kind of behavior, you're in for a treat. But if he does not, then you have two unhappy
people, your super boss and your reporting boss. And it's definitely not a decent work
ethic. Moving on there is, Group ism. Oh yes tell me about the groups that gets formed
at work and how tight are they, so group ism means supporting people, because they are
part of a group. Now if you have a small mini group in your office, you know people who
kind of go to lunch together, so each time one of these people shares an idea in front
of the boss or in the board room. You know without realizing, if you're just supporting
their ideas or agreeing with them, what you're practicing is group ism. Its like one for
all, all for one and the group is like a tight circle, which does not allow outsiders to
enter. Now this can get very intimidating for people, who are outside of the group and
it can get very advantageous for people, who are part of the group. So that's what group
ism is for you. And the next one is very very common, Playing favorites. Now if you have
a boss, who plays favorites. Oh my god it can be very very exhausting for you, so playing
favorites actually means to like or dislike certain people for personal reasons. So if
you have a blue eye boy or a blue eye girl, who really, really curries a lot of favor
with the boss and the boss is playing favorites with him or her, be very careful, coz without
realizing your work could be compromised, your credit could be compromised. So playing
favorites actually means, you know someone liking or disliking certain people for personal
favorite reasons. And the last one on my list is, Being pushy. Being pushy means being aggressive
to get your work done. There are lot of people in the work place, who can be very aggressive
and very pushy in order to get their work done. So imagine a colleague, who wants something
from you like a favor, so instead of requesting and saying, please can I ask you for a favor.
The person's just pushy and aggressive saying, I want you to do this right now. Can you please
do my work first and leave everything else, Oh boy now that is pushy. So being like this
and being pushy and aggressive is definitely gonna earn you a very bad name at your work
place and you should avoid being pushy, Its always more beneficial to be polite and to
make a request rather than appear very pushy, bossy and aggressive. So, well that's all
about words that describe work politics, there are many many more out there because there
are many political techniques that people are using to garner favor and influence at
work places. And we all have to be on our toes, so I hope you enjoyed this very political
lesson and once again I don't advice you to practice any of these techniques. But I advice
you to be careful and to be on your toes. Well, if you've liked this lesson, make sure
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