{"id":945,"date":"2024-02-23T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.highheeledsuccess.com\/?p=945"},"modified":"2024-02-23T11:32:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:32:55","slug":"recognizing-and-coping-with-the-saboteurs-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.highheeledsuccess.com\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing and Coping with the Saboteurs in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you have been in the workplace for more than about two minutes, you are bound to have encountered saboteurs.  You may just want to ignore them and hope they go away. That\u2019s understandable, it can be unnerving to think about taking these people on.  They come in several forms:  employee saboteurs; peer saboteurs; and boss saboteurs.  If you get nothing else from this article, hear this \u2014 ignoring it is self-sabotage.  You must act!  It\u2019s the variety of ways you can act that can be confusing yet gives multiple options.  Remember, while saboteurs are doing their dirty work, the dirt is flying around and landing on you.  Saboteurs are everywhere.  Right now, I have four clients dealing with this issue and they each come from a different type of workplace:  large corporation; small business; non-profit; and government sector.  No one is safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saboteurs come in three general flavors:  1) Employees; 2) Bosses; 3) Peers.  Let\u2019s look at how the problem shows up with each and different ways to handle it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Employees – Imagine you have hired a new employee that you believe is going to do a great job, plus you like her and suddenly she is acting like she wants your job. Another scenario is that you become the boss of people that were once your peers. Either way, let\u2019s say she believes she could do your job better than you do.  One way she may proceed is to spread lies about you, to get your job or to retaliate if she thought she should have been chosen.  What to do?  Your inclination may be to do nothing, you are her boss, after all.  Do not be na\u00efve, this type of coup does happen. You may want to protect yourself by doing the following: \n