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

    Written by Marie G. McIntyre, PhD

    Narrated by Margaret Strom

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    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's Secrets 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 24, 2018
    ISBN9781977388773
    Secrets to Winning at Office Politics: How to Achieve Your Goals and Increase Your Influence at Work

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    • 5/5
      I should have read this earlier. Brilliant book. Loved it
    • 5/5
      Awesome book. It is like a personal coach. I wish I know about this book decade ago.
    • 5/5
      One of a kind book, impressive, a must to read!
    • 5/5
      Very interesting advice, listen more than once, take notes!!!
    • 5/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      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.