1. Business Politics
Objectives:
***Objective for the training:
1) To learn more about workplace politics and to
be more aware of them.
2) To learn good habits for the workplace
3) To learn the right way to handle politics in the
workplace
2. What is business Politics?
• the use of one's individual or assigned power
within an employing organization for the
purpose of obtaining advantages beyond
one's legitimate authority.
• . Workplace politics is sometimes referred to
as office politics or organizational politics [1]
• Office politics has also been described as
"simply how power gets worked out on a
practical, day-to-day basis
3. More on understanding business
politics
• Every workplace is a political environment
• Its about defending your position, earning
respect, exchanging favors and keeping your
sanity on a day to day basis
• Relationships are one of the number one most
important things that is needed to suceed in
business politics
4. Relationships/alliance building
techniques
- Listen without interrupting- hear your coworker out
- Acknowledge a college's point of view even if you
disagree- showing respect
- Offer a favor when you have expertise to share- look
for opportunities where you have real value to add
- Ask questions- it sparks conversation and helps you
connect
- Don’t overdue it- keep relationships business personal
- Beware flying solo- excluding people may get you
excluded down the road
5. Seven good habits to help employees
win at Business Politics
• Beware you have a choice
• Know what you are trying to achieve
• Focus on your circle of influence
• Don’t take sides
• Don’t get personal
• Seek to understand before getting understood
• Think win win
6. Beware you have a choice
• Choose your reactions to situations
• You have the choice in choosing how you feel
and react
7. Focus on your circle of influence
• Instead of getting angry and griping about
things, focus on the things you can do to
influence the situation
• This is a very empowering technique for
getting over the feeling of helplessness
8. Know what you are trying to achieve
• Focus on business objectives
• Look at the pros and cons of situations
9. Don’t take sides
• Focus on business objectives and don’t take
sides with either person in this situation
• By not taking sides you will help direct conflict
resolution in a objective manner
10. Don’t get personal
• Don’t embarrass or humiliate anyone at work
or you create bad feelings between you two.
• Create a network of allies to fall back on in
time of crisis that you can count on
11. Seek to understand before being
understood
• It’s a very disarming technique
• Gets the other party to be less defensive once
they feel that you understand where they are
coming from
12. WIN-WIN
• Think in terms of how can we both win in this
situation?
• It’s a good strategy that builds allies and helps
you win in the long term.
![What is business Politics?
• the use of one's individual or assigned power
within an employing organization for the
purpose of obtaining advantages beyond
one's legitimate authority.
• . Workplace politics is sometimes referred to
as office politics or organizational politics [1]
• Office politics has also been described as
"simply how power gets worked out on a
practical, day-to-day basis](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)