Be Careful of Documentation
Recently one a friend of mine was caught up in the political infighting of two departments at her place of employment. Accusations made by one department were really attempts to discredit the other department with my friend being caught in the cross hairs.
Thank goodness for Outlook and the capability to create a paper trail. My friend was able to clearly show that the real problem was the catfight between two departments and she was the ammunition. Isn't it a tragedy among departments within the same business when rivalry turns into an unwillingness to collaborate and accompish the underlying objective.
Now for the controversy. . .
It is my experience that this phenomena is most common with one of the sexes and not common at all with the other. I will let you guess at which one is the problem.
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Both sexes (in a general, stereotypical sense) have their own problems. I've never seen more insensitive, bullying, cocky, reckless and self-aggrandizing behavior than I've seen in males. If it seems females have politics at work, males have war, and careers can be the casualty.