Office Politics and Getting Ahead

In the best of times, office politics and inter-office communications can prove challenging to any business A lack of effective communication in the workplace only serves to foster an environment where office politics can thrive

In order to learn more about the current state of the office and office politics, we asked 800 office workers - 400 who manage people and 400 who do not manage people - for their beliefs and opinions about office life, including office politics

The majority (68 percent) of survey respondents say office politics is very or somewhat prevalent in their office Office politics is one of the top two challenges to getting ahead in the workplace today More than one-third of office workers responding (35 percent) said the top challenge in their work environment is communication problems, while three in ten (29 percent) say it is office politics that’s the most problematic

In this diffused and often chaotic environment, workers rely on their managers to provide a steady flow of information related to the business and to provide a steady hand in managing day to day staff operations.

What do you

believe are the top challenges for getting ahead in today’s workplace?

*Respondents were able to select more than one option

Communicationproblems

Officepolitics

Smallbudgetand/orfewresources

Ineffectiveplans

Ineffectiveteammeetings

Interpersonalconflict

Remotework

Roleconfusion

Discrimination(ie,racial&gender)

Overdependenceontheofficeleader

Otherchallenges

Noneofthese