Great post as always. I think we all struggle with office politics one way or another. I always think it’s important to check yourself when you’re feeling like something is amiss. Usually if something feels off, it is!
Yes! I feel like for people who consciously use politics for the greater good, intentional bad politics will feel completely uncomfortable. It's like an internal spider sense.
This one is super relatable Kax - great post. I've been working on how to get things done and navigate the office politics that pre-date myself. It can definitely make a slow org work even slower.
Navigating other people's politics is so interesting! How is it working for you? And sometimes I wonder if slow is always a bad thing. Mostly because I've also seen when things go too fast or too soon - some things do get bulldozed and not in a good way (at least from my perspective).
The reframe of the majority of "politicking" to relationship-building has helped me immensely, too. +1 on building up self-awareness as well, to keep our intentions for all the relationships that are a part of our personal and professional selves in check.
Thanks for sharing openly on this topic - it's integral to collaboration-heavy jobs and careers!
Thank you!!! And you're absolutely right. I think to actively avoid politics is naive. To be unaffected by other people's negative politics is a different story.
Great post as always. I think we all struggle with office politics one way or another. I always think it’s important to check yourself when you’re feeling like something is amiss. Usually if something feels off, it is!
Yes! I feel like for people who consciously use politics for the greater good, intentional bad politics will feel completely uncomfortable. It's like an internal spider sense.
This one is super relatable Kax - great post. I've been working on how to get things done and navigate the office politics that pre-date myself. It can definitely make a slow org work even slower.
Thank you!!!
Navigating other people's politics is so interesting! How is it working for you? And sometimes I wonder if slow is always a bad thing. Mostly because I've also seen when things go too fast or too soon - some things do get bulldozed and not in a good way (at least from my perspective).
The reframe of the majority of "politicking" to relationship-building has helped me immensely, too. +1 on building up self-awareness as well, to keep our intentions for all the relationships that are a part of our personal and professional selves in check.
Thanks for sharing openly on this topic - it's integral to collaboration-heavy jobs and careers!
Thank you!!! And you're absolutely right. I think to actively avoid politics is naive. To be unaffected by other people's negative politics is a different story.
Relationship building goes a long way in product management! Thank you for a good post and stories from your jobs in PM.
Relationship building is probably how I got most things done when I didn't have the right tools for the problem at hand.
And thank you for always sharing your thoughts and feelings about my stories!🫶