Index_P

P

Parity, salary, 215

Passive-aggressive anger, 48

Peer-level office politics (PLOP), 66–90

activism in, 87

collaboration in, 74–76

communication in, 76–83

corporate goals in, 87–88

game tactics in, 72–74

honesty in, 83–85

humor in, 88

listening in, 85–87

strategies for, 74–88

and teamwork, 71–72

types of, 67–72

Peers, avoidance behavior of, 197

Perfectionism, 195

Performance evaluations, 135, 189, 201, 209

Performance improvement plans, 6

Persecution, 67

Personal coaching (see Coaching)

Personal time off, 255

Personality conflicts, 52–63

Personalizing criticism, 68

Perspective, awareness of, 101–103

Pessimism, 17, 94

Phone calls, 201

Play to Win (Larry Wilson and Hersch Wilson), 155

“Playing the game,” 135

PLOP (see Peer-level office politics)

Political Tendencies Assessment, 77–82

Politics:

management-level office (see Management-level office politics)

peer-level office (see Peer-level office politics)

Power, 74, 135–150

authentic, 137–139, 141–142, 144, 147

Machiavellian, 138–150

and management-level office politics, 135

Praise, 14

Press secretary (style), 80–81

Priorities, 182, 197, 199, 201–205

Procrastination, 192–196

Procrastination Assessment, 192–194

Product, work, 6

Professional objective, 280

Professional organizations, 163–164

Professionalism, 167–168

Promotability, 222–227

Promotability Quotient, 222–226

Promotion, 219–239

asking for the, 235–236

denial of, 236–238

enjoy-tolerate-dislike strategy for, 228–229

evaluation/interpretation strategy for, 227

factors in getting a, 221–222

goal-setting strategy for, 234–235

objectives strategy for, 230–231

and promotability, 222–227

results profile strategy for, 231–234

strategies for getting a, 227–235

tenure-based vs. merit-based, 220

Publications, 161

Purpose, leadership, 26

Purpose-filled, 143