Post on 13-Jul-2015
Today we shall be talking about very interesting topic and I request the viewers to please look at the following slides and guess the agenda for
today's presentation
Planning & Plotting
Victimising
Jealously & Hatred
Manipulation
Back Stabbing
Frustration
Keep Guessing....
Any Clues... So far
Yes we are going to talk about something that
happens in every office.
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Managing and manipulating people!
Games People Play
OFFICEP
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WORKPLACE POLITICS
WORKPLACE POLITICS is all about SURVIVING .....
Understanding & CopingUltimately Winning the GAME
Without losing Sanity
MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES THINK
Is caused by a bunch of scheming, self-serving employees that waste energy & time.
We need none of it!
Is annoying, but that is probably just a fact of corporate life.
We’ll play the game when we have to
Workplace Politics is generally Good & we should get better at it.
There is a place for politics in work for sure
SOME INTERESTING VIEWS ON WORKPLACE POLITICS
Workplace politics is a wonderful, fun, and exciting tool that yields better decisions for companies.
We need more of it!
SOME INTERESTING VIEWS ON WORKPLACE POLITICS
WORKPLACE Politics is Natural & Unavoidable because people will always have DIFFERENT and LEGITIMATE1. Beliefs2. Issues3. Wants & Needs, Desires4. Ambitions …..
These differences are created Biologically, Environmentally AND ABOVE ALL
Because of ……
ORGANIZATIONAL STURCTURES OFHIERARCHY, POSITIONS and POWER
SO WE ARE INN FOR A SERIOUS PROBLEM…
How to resolve conflicts that arise from these natural and unavoidable differences
That is where WORKPLACE POLITICS
comes into PLAY
Workplace politics is the use of power and networking within an organization to achieve
PERSONAL BENEFITS
Workplace politics is highly influenced by individuals and often serves
personal interests without regard of its EFFECT ON THE ORGANIZATION
Workplace politics is neither good nor bad How people working for the organization
Implements makes the Workplace politics
GOOD OR BAD!
SIGNS OF BADWORKPLACE POLITICS
Lying & CheatingBack StabbingPsychological manipulation (Influencing & Bullying)Self promoting - Ego trippingFavoritism – BiasnessManipulating – Lobbying One –up man ship
SIGNS OF GOODWORKPLACE POLITICS
Fair distribution and allocation of resourcesFair allocation of opportunityFair distribution of decision making powerReduction of authoritarianismHelpful work environmentEthical working norms
BENEFITS OF GOODWORKPLACE POLITICS
Your work gets approval fastYou access to resources becomes easyYou face less oppositionYou can Influence decision makingYou increase the chances for Compensation, Acknowledgement & Advancement You get NoticedSurvive change and AVOID TROUBLE
Politics and Power is often synonymous
Politics and Power is often synonymousBut the significant question is what means do we use to
gain power and how do we exercise the power at workplace?
WORKPLACE Politics and Power TOOLS
WORKPLACE Politics and Power TOOLSAUTHORITY
WORKPLACE Politics and Power TOOLSAUTHORITY
CULTURE
WORKPLACE Power TOOLSAUTHORITY
CULTUREPOLITICS
WORKPLACE Politics and Power TOOLSAUTHORITY
Formal power granted through organizational structure“DO IT OR YOU ARE FIRED”
WORKPLACE Politics and Power TOOLSAUTHORITY
CULTUREShared vision, values and attitudes, behavioral norms
“DO IT BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO”
WORKPLACE Power TOOLSAUTHORITY
CULTUREPOLITICS
Effective use of power through influence, persuasion, & negotiation“DO IT BECAUSE IT IS IN YOUR SELF INEREST TO DO IT”
WORKPLACE Power TOOLSAUTHORITY
CULTUREPOLITICS
Depending upon the Industries these tools may skew differentlyIn some industries AUTHORITY & POLITICS works, whereas in others
it might be the CULTURE & POLITICS and so on..
Blend
AUTHORITY/CULTURE and POLITICS
perfectly is key to survive
the workplace politics
Accept that we all need to be political to get the things moving
Follow ETHICAL WORKPLACE POLITICS!
We should never advance our own interests by harming the Business or by hurting other people!
We should focus in Building, Protecting, and using our Power
ETHICALLY GOOD WORKPLACE POLITICS
We should not on undermine the power of othersUNETHICALLY
BAD WORKPLACE POLITICS
We should developWORKPLACE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE
Developing WORKPLACE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE is about
WHERE?WHO?
WHEN?HOW?
Developing WORKPLACE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE is about
WHERE?Where does power come from and how to get it?
Developing WORKPLACE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE is about
WHO?Who has power & how to expand power through
them?
Developing WORKPLACE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE is about
WHEN?When to use / expend the power?
Developing WORKPLACE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE is about
HOW?How most effectively power can be used?
POWERComes from
POSITIONTitle
Authority
ControlAccess
Location
Regularly POSITIONAL POWER
POSITIONAL POWER SHOULD BE – STRONG (ETHICALLY)
AND WELL GAURDED FROM ENCROACHMENT
POWERComes from
RELATIONSHIPS
Networking
Helping
Alliances
Reciprocity
Linkages
Regularly RELATIONAL POWER
RELATIONAL POWER SHOULD GROW (ETHICALLY)
AND WELL MAINTAINED
POWERComes from
WITHIN
Reputation
Honesty
Trustworthiness
Reliable
Persuasiveness
Emotional Stability
Confidence
FlexibilityEndurance
Integrity
Regularly POWER WITHIN
IT IS THE STRONGEST POWER TOOL TO PLAY THEWORKPLACE GAME OF POLITICS – ETHICALLY!
Playing the game of workplace politics is inevitable, and extremely exhausting. In a
politically charged work environment, extreme effort have to be put forth in order to simply ensure that WORK to be done has maximum
priority other than personal agenda
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
Workplace politics is similar to a game and requires careful assessment & assumption of risk. Play the game of politics with diligence and a full understanding of the players and
their capabilities.
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
Workplace Politics is Natural & Unavoidable because people will always have DIFFERENT and LEGITIMATE – Beliefs / Issues / Wants &
Needs / Desires / Ambitions ….. .
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
Play your GAME of POLITICS ethically and wish others WELL!!!
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