Posts by serendipity

i'm starting to take on more and more responsibilities at work, which i'm happy about, however i keep finding myself bumping into problems where it is obvious i *should* have handled something one way as opposed to another... or i should have interacted with another group one way instead of another.. does anyone know of any "self help" books that i could read to learn about such things?.

to give some context, i work in one of those massive multinational corporations that most people have never heard of.

because of the scale of the business it tends to be a very formalized environment.

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and also, I agree with the other poster on using your manager as a mentor. Revealing your "weaknesses" to him might backfire. You might consider finding a politically savvy person in the organization and asking him/her to mentor you.

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Need help learning how to be better organized in an office and how to handle office politics

by Elsewhere in

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i'm starting to take on more and more responsibilities at work, which i'm happy about, however i keep finding myself bumping into problems where it is obvious i *should* have handled something one way as opposed to another... or i should have interacted with another group one way instead of another.. does anyone know of any "self help" books that i could read to learn about such things?.

to give some context, i work in one of those massive multinational corporations that most people have never heard of.

because of the scale of the business it tends to be a very formalized environment.

serendipity

I'm task-oriented rather than people-oriented and I've found it difficult and distasteful to deal with politics.

A few books that helped me:

1. Games Mother Never Taught You- Corporate Gamemanship for women (an oldie but goodie)

2. The Secret Handshake

3. Talking 9-5 - deals with communication differences between males and females. (Oddly enough, this helped me understand my female managers better - and I'm a female)

A few things to keep in mind:

Politically savvy people work from the outside in. They look at the person, group or audience; determine the characteristics or requirements of each situation and then select from their skills and styles to find the best approach. It's important to read people and be flexible.

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Did You're Being A Witness Influence You Regarding Marriage or Being Single?

by minimus in

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did you get married or stay single because you were a jehovah's witness?.

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I stayed single because there were no eligible JW brothers.

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Things You'd Like To Say But Stifle Yourself From Saying

by minimus in

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due to the fact that my mother and some other relatives and a handful of friends are devout jehovah's witnesses, i sometimes stifle my remarks regarding "the truth".. my mother asked me if i felt bad at all for not attending the memorial this year.

(she still holds hope i might come back).

i simply said that i did not feel bad at all.

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I think we all stifle ourselves. We learned as young children that if we said what's on our minds, we'd get smacked, shamed or punished in some way. The lesson was reinforced in school, with our friends,etc, where there are consequences to speaking our minds. We can't speak our minds around the opposite sex or on the job. Just pick any social interaction, and you'll find people stifling themselves.

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Slumdog Millionaire! Go see it!

by free2think in

i just got back from seeing it and it is fantastic.

all i can say is go see it!.

it was so moving, kept me gripped for the whole time and now i wanna go to india.. also the leading lady, frieda pinto is beautiful..

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Slumdog was one of the better movies I've seen in the last year.