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Office Politics Is Just Influence by Another Name

Harvard Business Review

And in fact, we must influence people at work all the time. And to influence, we must have power, the real currency in workplaces. Office politics is really just the art of influencing others so we can get stuff done at work. But are politics at work inherently dirty? It’s how we get things done. Most people want it.