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