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Three Reasons Why You Can't Handle the Politics

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There are many reasons why you may well struggle to handle the politics, though these three are hard to beat.

Top of my list, your attitude to workplace politics.

If you hate it you will shy away from it and fail to learn how to do it properly.

Second, you can’t see it.

Lack of awareness will always get you burned sooner or later.

Finally, sorry, you don’t have enough friends.

This is more than having friends in high places. You need friends everywhere: feeding you titbits of intelligence, watching your back, sticking up for you, and much more besides.

So come on, start making friends.

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Posted on: January 18, 2021 06:26 AM | Permalink

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Kwiyuh Michael Wepngong
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Financial Management Specialist | US Peace Corps Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
Hi Colin,
Thanks for sharing

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Oswaldo Herrera Project Manager| GE Corregidora, Queretaro, Mexico
Thanks for sharing

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Mushtaq Abdulrahimzai SWIS| Surrey Schools District 36 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
thanks for sharing.

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Wendy English Senior Project Manager| Humphrey Products Kalamazoo, Mi, United States
I agree friends are needed. I prefer to think of them as my network.

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Paphatpisit Klinklan Regional Sourcing and Operation Manager| Krones (Thailand) Co., Ltd Samutprakan, Thailand
Very good point of view

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