I work in a large corp and have been a manager for a few years. I just got massively outplayed by a group in a different part of the organization. They were supposed to be working with us, but rather just ended up copying key aspect of my team's work, and delivered it into production.
When I realized this, I was pretty bitter and contemplated quitting. After being angry for a few days, I started to smile. Over my career, I saw some other people being secretive and protective of their team's work, and I always thought those people acted in a silly way. I just realized I now understand why those folks behaved in that manner!
So this was clearly my first corporate knife fight and I got bruised (and who knows, maybe my team and I get buried). I am very fascinated by the political intrigue itself. There was lying, there was delay tactics, communication BS, and so on by the other party. I'd like to learn more about such tricks, not to use them, but frankly to catch onto them in the future faster. Any stories people have to share or pointers to material (books/videos)?
When I realized this, I was pretty bitter and contemplated quitting. After being angry for a few days, I started to smile. Over my career, I saw some other people being secretive and protective of their team's work, and I always thought those people acted in a silly way. I just realized I now understand why those folks behaved in that manner!
So this was clearly my first corporate knife fight and I got bruised (and who knows, maybe my team and I get buried). I am very fascinated by the political intrigue itself. There was lying, there was delay tactics, communication BS, and so on by the other party. I'd like to learn more about such tricks, not to use them, but frankly to catch onto them in the future faster. Any stories people have to share or pointers to material (books/videos)?