Secrets to Winning at Office Politics: How to Achieve Your Goals and Increase Your Influence at Work

by Marie G. McIntyre

Ebook, 2005

Genres

Business

Mind and Body

General Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Collection

Kindle

Publication

St. Martin's Griffin (2005), Edition: 1st, 291 pages

Description

Get Ahead, Gain Influence, Get What You Want Office politics are an unavoidable fact of life in every workplace. To accomplish your personal and business goals, you must learn to successfully play the political game in your organization. Whether you are a new player or a seasoned veteran,Secrets to Winning at Office Politics can help you increase your personal power without compromising your integrity or taking advantage of others. This smart, practical guide shows you how to stop wasting energy on things you can't change and start taking steps to get what you want. Written by an organizational psychologist and corporate consultant, Marie G. McIntyre'sSecrets to Winning at Office Politics uses real-life examples of political winners and losers to illustrate the behaviors that contribute to success or failure at work. You will be shown techniques for managing your boss more effectively, improving your influence skills, changing the way you are perceived, and dealing with difficult people. Using these proven strategies for political success, you will then be able to create a Political Game Plan that outlines the steps necessary to accomplish your own individual goals.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member katherinekennedy

This book may have saved my job. It clearly explained some of the "facts of life" at work that I had just never understood. If you want to know how to get along with your boss, deal with adversarial coworkers, and shine in your career, this book can really help you. Every new graduate should read

it, but I also know a lot of long-time workers who have never learned some of these lessons. Also, it is an interesting read, with lots of stories and examples.

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LibraryThing member Harlan879

I was given this book by an acquaintance. My initial thoughts were, "eh, another self-help book repackaging Andrew Carnegie, yawn." But no, this book has been extremely clarifying to me. Nothing the author says is surprising, exactly, but it makes very clear the "real" way that work gets done in

office environments. By being conscious of the more-critical-than-it-seems nature of issues like collaboration, visibility, and leverage, I've (I think) been able to promote my projects in a way that's good for me, the people I work with, and for the business as a whole too. Highly recommended to anyone who's work life is not quite going the way they want it to.

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