Wikipedia defines office politics as follows:
"Is the use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority? Those advantages may include access to tangible assets, or intangible benefits such as status or pseudo-authority that influences the behavior of others. Both individuals and groups may engage in Office Politics." Office politics has also been described as "simply how power gets worked out on a practical, day-to-day basis"
What happens when bad politics is affecting company performance?
How do you deal with company 'yes-men' in senior leadership positions that are more concerned with self-promotion than fulfilling company goals and how to influence changes on those behaviors without risking your own career ?
These are questions that I have asked myself in multiple occasions, and although I do not have the answers, I think it should exist mechanisms inside every company that would avoid bad politics to stay in the way of reaching higher goals and better performance.
I would like to know your thoughts ?
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