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Office Poli-Tricks- Part 1
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Written By: Vivek Sharma
In our professional career, we all face a time when we realize that idealism is enough for now. There is no doubt that corporate world is a filthy rat race, be it at a traditional hundred-year-old company or at a two-year-old IT company. We all like to climb the ladder of success and when that greed muscle starts pumping, folks, loyalty goes down the drain faster than you can expect. And this leads to proliferation of office poli-tricks throughout a company.
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We may sound a little offensive in this, but in your opinion, what determines which individuals raise to the top, who has nothing to do with vision, skill, knowledge, planning, or execution. Well it purely depends how one plays the grand ol' game known as the rat race. There is no doubt that office bureaucracy and red tape are part of any risk adverse operation and these are merely facets of corporate administration difficult to circumvent as growth takes off and the stakes rise. According to online business magazines, office poli-tricks are a war between visionary and executioner. It is vital to identify the roles people play in a company.
For instance, one of my close friends joined a young startup. He was striving hard to impress the company's directors and CEO, whereas, I feel, his efforts should have been targeted to the company's day-to-day chief, the CFO. He is the one who hand out projects, promotions and raises. And this gets worse at larger companies when excessive layers of reporting render productivity less transparent. Moreover, making your boss look you as a great ally might represents a double-edged sword. And it won’t be wrong to say that satisfying your boss can hinder your career path, out of their fear of losing a great lieutenant.
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On the other side, executives or lower level employees are always seeking up-and-coming talent to take under their wing. Reason being, this will facilitate their jobs, teach them new tricks and help them boost their own productivity. Thus, the crux is don’t be shy to show your true worth, even if it means more demands on your resources. Business week magazines have also proffered that companies and bosses always reward individuals who produce the most with the least amount of resources.
Ok, solve one query of mine….. Where does performance get noticed more, at large companies or small companies? This question has been troubling me for long. Honestly saying, earlier I used to believe that in large companies no one cared about true performance because the task of measuring, tracking and evaluating employees' work was too hard to qualify. So catering to this issue, employers are forced to come up with "band-aid" solutions to problems and aesthetic quantitative evaluation methods.
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Well in our opinion, it’s half-true. I personally feel, outliners get noticed at all companies, be it underachievers, overachievers, or achievers. Those who are placed in the middle of the pack are at a safe side and don’t too much about the rat race. And guys, those at the bottom of the barrel have other things to worry about. With this thought, let me pause here. We’ll carry forward this in the next part following soon.
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17 Sep 2008
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