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Office Politics Guide

 , updated on February 11, 2017
Office politics are the social processes by which decisions are made and power is distributed in an organization. It can border on the absurd and can be cruel, distracting and irrational. Nevertheless, it is a fact of business that exists in every organization. The flavor and intensity of office politics differs greatly depending on factors such as firm size, industry and corporate culture. The following are common strategies and considerations for navigating office politics.
Abilene Paradox
Abundance Mentality
Asoh Defense
Blame Shifting
Boreout
Catch 22
Change Fatigue
Charismatic Authority
Choice Architecture
Civility
Cognitive Biases
Cold Logic
Communication Complexity
Consensus
Criticism
Cruel Wit
Devils Advocate
Doublespeak
Elitism
Escalation
Failing Upwards
Fake It Till You Make It
False Dichotomy
Fear Of Missing Out
Fear Of Youth
Groupthink
If-By-Whiskey
Informal Communication
Job Rotation
Knowledge Waste
Lessons Learned
Loaded Question
Malicious Compliance
Managing Expectations
Misuse of Statistics
Motivation
Negative Selection
Networking
Not Even Wrong
Nudge Theory
Organizational Culture
Overwhelming Exception
Passive-aggressive Behavior
Petty Authority
Political Capital
Price Of Milk
Productive Assumptions
Professional Conduct
Proof By Example
Reactance
Red Herring
Resistance To Change
Satisficing
Saving Face
Schadenfreude
Schedule Chicken
Setting Up To Fail
Sidelining
Situational Awareness
Social Influence
Social Proof
Sour Grapes
Survivorship Bias
Taking The High Road
Thought-Terminating Cliche
Tit For Tat
Tolerance For Disagreement
Trained Incapacity
Yes People
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