54 NAVIGATE OFFICE POLITICS
Office politics are a fact of life. Working with others, in any context, means that there will be different personalities on the team or as stakeholders. Juggling the competing priorities of different individuals can be one of the hardest things about project work.
POLITICS IN GOVERNMENT
‘For most of my career I have supported various US government agencies,’ says Alison Marshall, who now lives and works in the UK. ‘In that environment office politics tend to be based on job security and not promotion. The three lines of organisation are government appointed officials, government career staff and contractors. Appointed ...
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