Elaine Blidgeon

Office Politics

How They Use ‘ Not Yet’ As An Excuse To Not Give You A Promotion

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π—›π—²π—Ώπ—²β€™π˜€ π—›π—Όπ˜„ π—¬π—Όπ˜‚ π—žπ—»π—Όπ˜„ ‘ π—‘π—Όπ˜ π—¬π—²π˜’ π—œπ˜€ 𝗔𝗻 π—˜π˜…π—°π˜‚π˜€π—² π—§π—΅π—²π˜† 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 π—šπ—Άπ˜ƒπ—Άπ—»π—΄ π—¬π—Όπ˜‚ 𝗔 π—£π—Ώπ—Όπ—Ίπ—Όπ˜π—Άπ—Όπ—»

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How Do You Tell If A Coworker Is Sabotaging You?

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When a coworker provokes you in public, then tells people you’re β€œdefensive” or β€œhostile”, that’s not feedback. It’s a power play – the Character Flip β€“ a piece of office politics designed to recast you as the problem so their own behaviour looks reasonable. 

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How NOT To Handle Someone Taking Credit For Your Work

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How 𝗑𝗒𝗧 to handle someone taking credit for your work
 
Being π—Ύπ˜‚π—Άπ—²π˜π—Ήπ˜† π˜€π—Άπ—±π—²π—Ήπ—Άπ—»π—²π—± and telling yourself β€œit’s not worth the fuss” is exactly how someone else ends up looking like the one who did the work.

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