Don't we just all love office politics . They make or break us
in life. There is always some idiot talking behind your back to the
boss. Some of your colleagues might remind you of smiling assassins
who stab you from behind, laughing hyenas or the proverbial vulture
waiting to take a piece of your sorry carcass.
Not to mention the bureaucratic red tape which hangs our efficiency
to dry under work policies. Someone wants you to go against
policies? An immediate superior trying to make you do something
unethical at the risk of your job?
Or worse, you swear you are managing a bunch of monkeys. Get
yourself a cup of coffee or tea . Come share the joys and pain of work life in the vast
jungle of work politics .
Pai seh ...didn't see Gordonator's forum office.sgforums.com
Anyways ...just an open forum for strategic tactics used or to be
tested in the world of office politics or life in general 
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I like Machiavellian principles because of the principles in The
Prince. It can act as a two edged sword but it can also act as
tactic to overcome a rival.
Keeping in mind , there are many strategies out there that is also
good for using like Sun Tzi or Zhuge Liang's strategems.