10 Terrible Strategies for Office Politics

1. Think only of your turf and demand that your employees do the same.


2. Have an enemies list and withhold information and cooperation from its members.


3. When you win a point, make sure that everyone knows you did.


4. After defeating an adversary, find a way to twist the knife.


5. Let sarcasm and ridicule be your main forms of communication.


6. Burn bridges.


7. Never forget a slight.


8. Believe that one moment of courtesy or kindness will erase twenty instances of rudeness or cruelty.


9. Kiss up and kick down.


10. Associate with people who share your attitudes.