| Do you want to get a promotion and make a lot | | | | self-preservation and self-promotion.Are the |
| more money? Do you want to be recognized for | | | | ?Big Fish? unethical or self-absorbed? No, |
| your hard work? Do you want to keep your job | | | | the successful people just want excellent |
| and not be downsized? In fact, do you want to | | | | employees working for them and they expect |
| know the secret to be Upsized? The most | | | | results. If you were in a dog-sled race would |
| important skill you will ever learn is how to | | | | you want a team of Siberian Huskies or |
| study and understand Office Politics.Office | | | | Chihuahuas? The answer is obvious; you would |
| politics plays a very important role in | | | | want to win the race so you would want the |
| whether you get a promotion, an award, the | | | | best team available.Can this information be |
| job that you want, or the compensation that | | | | helpful to you? Let me ask you:1. Do you |
| you receive. Virtually every aspect of your | | | | think you stand a better chance of getting a |
| professional career is influenced by social | | | | promotion working for a ?little fish? or a |
| politics. The proper understanding of the | | | | ?Big Fish??2. Is your chance of getting a |
| social ?food chain? in your work space is | | | | good raise better or worse if the VP knows |
| essential for your professional success and | | | | your name and the projects you have worked |
| financial well-being.To understand why the | | | | on?3. Are you more or less likely to move up |
| organization works and how to use that | | | | in the company if you are working on a ?Big |
| information to your advantage, you must first | | | | Fish?s? pet project?The bottom line is |
| understand how the ?Big Fish? act and think. | | | | this?If you align yourself with a ?Big Fish? |
| Who are the ?Big Fish?? They are the decision | | | | you will be considered for more opportunities |
| makers, the people who are up-and-coming in | | | | than you would ever have working for a |
| the company and the people who hold ultimate | | | | ?little fish?. Why? The reason is because |
| power in the company. These are the CEO?s, | | | | people trust people who can get the job done. |
| Presidents, VPs, managers, and supervisors | | | | If the ?Big Fish? trusts you then he/she will |
| who are what I consider to be ?in favor?.When | | | | be comfortable giving you more and more |
| it comes to these ?Big Fish? they typically | | | | responsibility. And with more responsibility |
| care only about two things. The first is how | | | | comes promotions and A LOT more money.Study |
| they can take credit for increasing the | | | | your office politics and align yourself with |
| effectiveness of the company and the second | | | | a ?Big Fish? and will progress your career |
| is who around them can get the results they | | | | farther and faster than you ever could have |
| need to be successful. To summarize, for | | | | imagined. |
| these people it is all about | | | | |