Political Dilemmas at Work: How to Maintain Your Integrity and Further Your Career

How to Read Political Dilemmas at Work

This book will help you to build positive political skills. It will enable you to become more influential, maintain your integrity, and bring forward greater career success. Although it is focused on difficult political situations that are common in the workplace, it is strong on what to do. You may have experienced some of these dilemmas in the past. Others you may not have encountered—yet! In either case, you will find opportunities for learning, insight, and practical action on every page.

Start wherever you like. There is no need to read the book from beginning to end. If you are currently experiencing a tough political dilemma, scan the contents and look for one that appears to match your situation. Turn straight to that dilemma, read, reflect, and then take action.

The dilemmas are presented in no particular order, and you might find it more beneficial to turn straight to those that are the most interesting or those you believe have the greatest potential to increase your success. Some of these dilemmas may be on the horizon for you. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. So read these dilemmas actively. For those dilemmas you’ve already encountered, reading about them will help you to review your experience and make your political skill more robust.

As you read the dilemmas, you will begin to notice a number of key themes running through them. There are certain key skills that can be applied to most. Within each dilemma the focus ...