When you're a leader, you should avoid playing these seven office politics. No doubt, some stage in your career, you've witnessed some of these office politics. You may have even seen leaders you admire partake in office politics. But if you're an emerging leader, and you want to establish a positive leadership reputation as well as good relationships with your team, you should avoid office politics completely!

In this video, I help you understand the seven most detrimental office politics for leaders so you don't get caught up in them. All leaders should avoid these workplace politics because they can be damaging for you.

Timestamps:
00:00 Avoid these office politics
00:43 Favouritism at Work
03:33 Gossiping
05:09 Spreading rumours
06:47 Backstabbing
08:24 Forming cliques
09:43 Withholding information
10:54 Blackmailing
12:02 Book recommendation, DRIVE, Daniel Pink

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