In a conventional office, it is always the boss who has the say over every decision that has to be made. It has been said that full accountability is on a boss’s shoulders. The future of a company depends much on the ability of a boss to leverage the business that it will survive that will sustain its employees financial needs. In addition to the given responsibilities of a boss, power comes with it. The boss has the power to decide who to hire and who to fire. Indeed, the boss is the most powerful entity inside an office. That said, most of the people’s goal is to ensure that the boss notices their presence. That way, on every career advancement opportunities, they will be on top of the list. It makes sense so sadly. Someone the boss knows is most likely to get the position. No matter how the company reiterates equal opportunity for everyone, the fact remains that a boss would always prefer somebody he knows. That is because most companies are performance based. An excellent performance and a good working attitude are always the criteria for selecting somebody for a position.
The truth of the matter remains, if you want to stay longer in the company or if you want an early promotion, you have to tell the boss you exist. Looking at the positive side, it is every boss’s prerogative to choose someone with experience and a good working attitude based on his preference. This is so due to the fact that whatever decision has to be carried on will be passed along hence if trust is not established between you and the boss, you are less likely to pop that champagne after getting a note that says ” you got the position”. So its really up to you how you take it. If envy lingers your mind over somebody who just came in yesterday gets promoted while you have been sitting there for quite sometime now, these are certain realizations that you can think of before you feel bad and leave your current work. Its not always a bad thing to think of office politics. It should motivate you to excel in performance and to show a good working attitude. Those in effect would certainly ring a bell on the boss’s ears.
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Politics have always been an interesting topic to people engaged in government related activities. Historically, politics is the back bone of every nation. Its effectiveness can always dictate the future of the nation it serves. True leadership will always be tested when it comes to the idea of serving the purpose of politics. It has always been a challenge for politicians to face defining moments. Defining moments are events that will test even the most tactful judgment. Its always easy to choose between right and wrong but its just difficult to choose between right and right. Experience and values are always the differentiator of every politician.
The odd in politics come to surface on each election period. You can just imagine the events that may arise during campaign period. The funny thing is that it is very rare to see a politician keep up with commitments and promises made during the campaign. You and I will agree that each of them would showcase what they can do when elected. Those promises in itself is quite odd. It is like setting a condition before taking the right actions. Seldom that you will hear somebody “I have done this and will continue doing it”; in most events, you will hear them say ” when elected, I will move the mountains for you”. Indeed oddity!
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Nigeria for sometime now, especially in the recent months has witnessed serious constitutional misplacements. And these have grossly resulted into a kind of mess that everyone has to be involved in its timely cleansing! The current constitutional crisis is basically as a result of bad leadership. Politics in Nigeria according to history, had in no time been devoid of selfishness, nepotism, malpractices, man know man, moneybags and tyrants to say the least. No wonder the nation has always been stuck in one political quagmire or the other.
I actually stopped writing about politics in Nigeria for an internet blog and publications recently, when I discovered that the people in question refuse to turn a new leaf. But the recent happenings in the country for over two months now have woken my pen in this regard. The question is what is the constitution? Why do we have it? Is it that we don’t have competent hands to handle it anymore? Or we are simply playing politics? The worst of the scenario is that the national assembly is like a paper tiger. I may not really place the blame on them because they are more or less extractions of the “business as usual mentalities” that would preferred to trade the sanctity of our constitution for paltry crap! Most of them I believe are only opportunist, they do not really understand the essence of the mandate they enjoy even those that can still be vouched for have long sacrificed their integrity on the altar of greed. There is really no difference between these so called lawmakers and drunken brats.
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