IRS 1 (Finals) - Workplace Politics: Advantages & Disadvantages

, “The benefits of positive thoughts don’t stop after a few minutes of good feelings subside. Positive thoughts, in fact, provide the most benefit in terms of improving one's potential to acquire skills and resources for later in life.”

“Success is not a destination, it is a journey.”

Workplace or corporate politics can make you stronger as you learn to navigate a “survival of the fittest” marketplace. You automatically learn to become powerful along the way.

To obtain a valuable jewel, it must be mined, polished, and subjected to a great deal of adversity before reaching its final form.

It also creates an uncomfortable environment and ill will among co-workers. Petty politics undermine relationships that could otherwise blossom.

is frequently the outcome of personal agendas and self-interests that have little to do with your company's common interests. You need a dedicated staff who is focused on the mission and vision you've set forth in order for your company to develop.

Your attention and concentration are diverted from the task at hand if you are always involved in office politics.

When you’re plotting, planning and scheming for all of the wrong things to satisfy selfish interests it results in a tremendous waste of time which leads to unmet goals, lost productivity, and bad work performance.