Workplace politics and the self-interest loop

Does workplace politics lead to anger? Yes. Does anger lead to increased self-interest? Yes. Do we have a problem now? Yes.

Workplace politics are everywhere. We've all hopefully had a few good jobs and great bosses -- but we've all worked in places that Wharton (UPenn) would equate to "chimp rape" too. There are major anthropological reasons for this, but we often ignore those. "No time, rushing to my 12:15!" Rather, we let workplace politics boil up and overwhelm us. At th…