21 Dirty Tricks at Work is about lies. The type of underhand, pernicious and downright Machiavellian scheming that goes on in business every day. An estimated £7.8bn is lost each year in the UK alone through unnecessary and counter-productive office politicking. But 21 Dirty Tricks at Work is also a book of hope. It exposes the classic political manoeuvres and gives practical advice on dealing with them to the vast majority who just want to do a good day’s work.
21 Dirty Tricks at Work provides you with all the information you need to spot negative tactics and self-interested strategies. It shows you how to spot the games being played and how to come out with your credibility intact and your sanity preserved.
So, if you are fed up of being on the receiving end of constant back-biting and skulduggery, read 21 Dirty Tricks at Work and get Machiavelli on the run!
Author’s note:Since first publication, this book has helped people of integrity understand what is going on around them, and then has helped them to work out what to do. Based on the regular contact we have from our readership, it is clearly worked, as we knew it would. We are thrilled to learn that sales of this deceptively informative book are growing year on year. To get a taste for what we have covered, take a look at this summary. Hopefully, we can welcome you as a reader soon.
The tactic of reorganising a team or department specifically to get an unwanted person out.
The tactic of setting someone up as spokes person, encouraging risk taking, and falsely suggesting back-up and support, which will usually vanish at the first sign of conflict or problems.
Pretending to be helpless due to the influence of a higher authority or process, when under the same circumstances, but with a different person, there would be a different outcome.
Manipulating people by offering limited or fixed choices, expecting the victim to choose the lesser of two evils.
Coercing people behind the scenes before an important meeting, debate or decision.
The tactic of leaving people off distribution lists so they miss important meetings or information.
Avoiding work or responsibility by pretending to be overstretched and overworked.
Deliberately timing the delivery of dishonest, false or critical “feedback” to deflect, distract or undermine another.
The tactic of deliberately hiding or obscuring vital information in reports or presentations, so that the one critical factor goes unnoticed, and another person or party is duped into making a bad decision or drawing the wrong conclusions.
