Office Politics: Situational Awareness vs. Playing
Love it (or, more likely, hate it) office politics is a fact of life. It’s there and it’s never going away, even though it’s almost universally accepted as being a bad thing. We tell teach other “don’t play the game—you’ll get burned!” and that’s probably sound advice. But there’s a difference between playing politics, and being aware of politics. Everyone knows what playing politics is about. It’s actively trying to move one’s own agenda forward at all costs, not necessarily