Survive office politics
- Always be helpful. In office always to helpful to your colleagues. Understand their problems and help them out. This is the best and honest way to keep politics away.
- Keep away from quarrels. Don't join quarrel and gossips. It is very bad in the office environment. Such activities give birth to rumors which can have killing effect on the entire team and its productivity.
- Stay away from people who unnecessarily bad mouth about bosses. Instead concentrate on your own work and targets.
- Keep a practice of maintaining history and log of tasks that you do.
- Do reciprocate with others with a nice gift and food.
- Do not complaint against your colleagues. It only will back fire on you if the boss has good relation with the other colleague. If you have to complaint, put it in a polite way to the colleague.
- Stay away from people who keep on chit chatting on useless matters for long hours. 10 to 15 minutes is ok. But should not be 2 to 3 hours.
- Stay away from gender biased or racist statements.
- Always be cheerful.