How to Deal with Difficult People at Work
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Unit 36
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| 0s | Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda |
| 1s | Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you |
| 4s | to a career and life you'll truly enjoy |
| 6s | and in today's video I'm going to share |
| 8s | with you four key strategies on how to |
| 10s | deal with difficult people at work and |
| 12s | office politics so that you can be |
| 15s | happier and more productive at work |
| 16s | without the drama |
| 34s | as a career strategist I've had the |
| 37s | honour of being able to help numerous |
| 39s | professionals land their dream job |
| 41s | offers and if this is something that |
| 43s | you're interested in working with me |
| 44s | one-on-one I can give you details about |
| 46s | that at the end of this video |
| 48s | as much as we don't want to believe that |
| 50s | office politics exists in many |
| 52s | workplaces unfortunately they do and it |
| 55s | comes with the territory of working in |
| 57s | most organizations so just to clarify |
| 59s | what our office politics now I'm sure |
| 61s | you have your own definition of what |
| 62s | office politics is but essentially the |
| 67s | apprentice is all about the idea of |
| 69s | using one's relationships one's |
| 72s | connections for their own personal game |
| 75s | meaning they there's a lot of schmoozing |
| 77s | happening there's a lot of side |
| 79s | conversations that are happening and |
| 81s | people are being able to get |
| 83s | opportunities are able to move ahead not |
| 86s | necessarily based on the quality of |
| 87s | their work but more so based on who they |
| 89s | know and who they've been able to |
| 91s | develop relationships with and so |
| 93s | there's a bit of favoring that happens |
| 94s | amongst the team's certain managers |
| 97s | prefer certain people over others and so |
| 100s | that creates drama and negativity and |
| 102s | gossip and so overall I would say that |
| 104s | that's what office politics most people |
| 106s | can agree with that's what it entails so |
| 109s | if you're someone who seems to be |
| 110s | struggling in an environment where |
| 112s | office politics seem to be rampant then |
| 115s | this video is for you |
| 116s | here are my four key strategies on how |
| 118s | to deal with office politics now before |
| 120s | I go into full detail into these |
| 122s | strategies the first thing I want you to |
| 124s | understand is the underlying message |
| 126s | behind all of them and that is in order |
| 129s | to truly navigate office politics |
| 131s | successfully you have to set yourself |
| 134s | apart setting yourself apart means |
| 136s | developing a strong personal brand and |
| 139s | when you can set yourself apart from |
| 141s | others in your organization and really |
| 142s | stand out from the crowd |
| 144s | what's going to happen is it's going to |
| 145s | give you an opportunity in space to |
| 148s | still continue to grow in your |
| 149s | organization and not get lost in the |
| 152s | drama strategy number one is to |
| 154s | demonstrate high value high quality work |
| 158s | daily a great way to stay away from |
| 160s | drama and conflict at the office is to |
| 163s | be a superstar at the work that you do |
| 165s | now why is that because |
| 167s | if you're known to be someone who |
| 169s | delivers consistently high quality work |
| 171s | then you'll be trusted by your managers |
| 174s | and senior managers to do your work |
| 176s | you'll be given more autonomy and |
| 177s | independence which means that you won't |
| 180s | be as closely intertwined and working |
| 182s | with those who like to stir up drama as |
| 185s | often because you're not going to be on |
| 186s | the same level as them essentially you |
| 189s | are physically setting yourself apart |
| 191s | from the rest of the crowd in a good way |
| 194s | so go ahead and start shining strategy |
| 197s | number two become the expert at your job |
| 200s | now this ties in to demonstrating high |
| 202s | quality work but part of navigating |
| 204s | office politics and making sure that |
| 206s | you're immune to it as much as possible |
| 208s | is to become someone who is |
| 210s | irreplaceable in your company ideally |
| 213s | what this means is that you want to |
| 215s | specialize in a certain area in your |
| 217s | company or organization that is crucial |
| 220s | to the business for example let's say |
| 222s | that you work in a large bank and you |
| 224s | happen to work in a specialized area |
| 226s | such as risk management compliance |
| 229s | social entrepreneurship or supply chain |
| 233s | management then you want to really know |
| 236s | the work that you do and you really want |
| 238s | to know that specialized area and become |
| 241s | the go-to expert or advisor or knowledge |
| 243s | champion in your company for this |
| 246s | specialization and this is all because |
| 248s | becoming the expert gives you immunity |
| 250s | from the drama |
| 251s | yet you still have opportunity to grow |
| 254s | in advance in your company because you |
| 256s | happen to be one of the very few key |
| 259s | employees in your organization who are |
| 261s | truly really needed because you're the |
| 264s | expert and so like I said you'll be |
| 267s | immune from the office politics immune |
| 269s | from the drama as much as you can be and |
| 271s | still be able to move up strategy number |
| 273s | three engage in important conflicts but |
| 277s | avoid the petty ones many people think |
| 279s | that avoiding office politics means you |
| 281s | have to avoid all types of conflict |
| 283s | entirely and just stay away from it but |
| 286s | actually I don't feel this is true if |
| 289s | you truly want to be someone who can |
| 291s | demonstrate your value your influence |
| 293s | your brand and your level of importance |
| 295s | in your organization then you can't go |
| 297s | into work every day covering your eyes |
| 299s | and ears there are two |
| 301s | types of conflicts professional ones and |
| 304s | personal ones I say that you should |
| 306s | engage in the professional conflicts |
| 308s | professional conflicts of course there |
| 310s | are a time and place for you to engage |
| 312s | in them but they're basically instances |
| 314s | where there are disagreements between |
| 316s | you and let's say your boss or someone |
| 320s | on your team on how certain processes |
| 323s | are being run if they're going to be |
| 325s | inefficient if they're costing the |
| 326s | company time and money if it hinders you |
| 329s | from being able to do your job in the |
| 331s | most effective way then those are the |
| 334s | types of professional conflicts that you |
| 336s | should stand up for you should politely |
| 338s | disagree with senior management if |
| 340s | they're making decisions that are |
| 342s | limiting you from being able to |
| 344s | successfully perform your job and that |
| 346s | have an overall negative impact on the |
| 349s | organization and its customers for |
| 351s | example let's just say that you work in |
| 352s | a bank and they are discussing a |
| 355s | potential new rule or policy that's |
| 358s | going to hinder you from really |
| 360s | successfully helping your customers in |
| 363s | an efficient way if that's the case then |
| 365s | feel free to raise your voice and make |
| 368s | your stance but don't make it sound as |
| 370s | though it's a complaint you have to have |
| 372s | a backed up evidence based solution on |
| 375s | what they can do differently and suggest |
| 378s | that so you're gonna politely disagree |
| 380s | but you're going to offer a solution as |
| 382s | well but you can see that these |
| 383s | professional conflicts are way different |
| 385s | from those petty personal conflicts that |
| 388s | a lot of people get into with their |
| 389s | co-workers you do not want to be around |
| 392s | those drama-filled employees stay away |
| 396s | from them and this leads me into |
| 398s | strategy number four which is stay away |
| 401s | from the stalkers but be friendly and |
| 404s | courteous so for example Suzy the office |
| 407s | gossiper even though you know that she |
| 410s | knows everything about everyone in the |
| 412s | office you don't necessarily have to |
| 414s | become enemies with her you could still |
| 416s | be friendly and courteous just don't get |
| 418s | too close to her or Joe the male version |
| 421s | of the female gossiper in the office he |
| 423s | likes to also talk a lot you can still |
| 425s | be friendly and courteous and polite but |
| 428s | just don't get too close to him either |
| 430s | the key here is that you still want to |
| 432s | be friendly courteous light and |
| 435s | to all your co-workers in your company |
| 438s | and if they decide that they want to |
| 440s | tell you things or ask you specific |
| 442s | types of questions want to try to find |
| 444s | out information just don't give it to |
| 447s | them just be very short and sweet with |
| 450s | your conversations and walk away so here |
| 453s | is an inspiring quote that I think wraps |
| 455s | up my message nicely you will never |
| 457s | influence the world by trying to be like |
| 460s | it so there you have it my four key |
| 461s | strategies on how to navigate office |
| 463s | politics and still get ahead in your |
| 465s | company without being tied to the drama |
| 468s | now if you're at a point in your career |
| 470s | where you're ready for a new move and |
| 472s | you've been trying to look but you |
| 473s | haven't landed many interviews or you |
| 475s | haven't landed the job offer you've been |
| 477s | wanting and you realize that you need |
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| 500s | much for watching and I will see you |
| 502s | next time |