How to Use Office Politics

7 Ways to use office politics positively

Kevin Bendeler
Analyst’s corner
Published in
5 min readJul 26, 2022

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What do you think of when you hear the words “office politics”? Is it all about “backstabbing,” spreading malicious rumors, and “sucking up” to the right people? If so, you’ll likely want to stay as far away from it as you can!

But, like it or loathe it, office politics are a fact of life in any organization. And it is

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Kevin Bendeler
Analyst’s corner

4X Top Writer — Associate Partner @ Heroes. I write about managing products, people, teams, organizations, strategy, and execution. Owner of scrum-store.com