How political do you consider yourself?
I should be considered highly not political since in most case I am extremely direct in term of communication. Despite having good intent, it is seldom well received by the majority of the people because to a certain degree, agreeing to what I said means that they had been wrong all this while. This is something that is hard to stomach since it is something that they view as face losing. I also viewed everyone equally and the highly influential individual is not given any preferential treatment. Everything is strictly solved in the best interest of the company, the personal interest of any of the stakeholder is never viewed as something that should be satisfied. What I meant is not …show more content…
It is just my personal belief that politics is seldom used for the good, I strongly believe in open transparency and common vision as guiding principal. If I have to resort to politics, it simply means that the company probably have some form of a major problem trying to get everyone on board with the company’s vision. This will severely handicap the company competitiveness even if you play all the cards right on the political front.
Push comes to shove if things get to the stage that the company’s survival is at stake or the people within it is at risk of being sacrifice. I would be extremely upfront with my most trusted peers and share with them my master plan to resolve the matters at hand. I provided them with my intent and actions so if I ended up too overly engaged in negative politics, there can be a check and balance there to rein me …show more content…
Some people actually like the refreshing side of me being direct and especially since I have no self-interest. A lot of people started off hearing bad things about me and how I strong armed and lash out at people for not meeting the standard since I seldom explain my actions before I execute. But over time as more and more stories of great stuff I had managed to achieve, people mindset change. They realized that I am not actually a wonder child but I dedicated all my time and energy into fixing the actual problem rather talking and painting a beautiful picture. Some of the negative people also realized that while people are praising them and plotting a mass retrenchment for them, I did the opposite, I lashed out at them publicly and demanded that they improve or leave. In the end, those that woke up their idea and turn the situation around found a new position elsewhere in the company while the rest who live in the beautiful stories painted by the restructuring director woke up to a pink slip. That is the general reason why I refuse to change much, I believe the most important thing is to be genuine and seriously show that you care. If they choose not to appreciate it, it is their