Still treating a jealous ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ โ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐นโ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ that quietly damages your reputation.
Most professionals assume itโs harmless.
They apologise for tiny mistakes, overโexplain themselves, and hope their boss can tell the difference between genuine feedback and an office politics move.
When a coworker keeps pointing out minor issues in front of your manager, theyโre not just talking about the work.
Theyโre running a power play โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ โ training your boss to ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บโ so they look like the experienced, responsible one.
Instead of defending yourself emotionally, respond like a peer: stay calm, correct the facts in one sentence, and then bring the focus back to solutions.
Thatโs how you quietly disarm the power play and stop them using office politics to write your story for your boss.