Karthick Raghavan

Last week, I happened to read a good blog on avoiding office politics. On the first hand, I do not know how to play politics at work place. Going through the post, I realized that I do have certain ddefects in me which might tempt me to play the dirty game at office. I have seen a lot of people playing the dirty game and that had serious impacts on others’s lives. I even saw a manager at office screaming high to his friend about how to stay focussed and defeat all the opponents in the corporate world by playing office politics. I happened to hear this conversation as he was on a speaker phone. What a funny and disgusting way to grow up in once’s career?

I have decided not to learn tricks of office politics in my entire life. I also hapened to meet a person who boasted about how good he was at this game and he also planned to write a book on office politics. Yuck! I would rather stay away from these people so that I am not influenced by their activities. So, I have decided to follow the below principles to stay away from the bloody dirty game of office politics. They are,

• Avoiding conversation, when I am outside office, about office or office matters with colleagues.
• Indulge myself in knowledge upgradation when I find free time at office.
• I will never ever become a yes-man.
• I will never attempt to attain higher ranks by influence.
• Throw ears to other people on the problems or concerns raised.
• Treat everyone equally.
• I will try to be calm and not easily provocable.
• I will stay away from gossip mongers.
• Develop courtesy towards everyone.

Let me see, how far I am going to achieve this. I hope not to derail from the track I have chosen.