Many of us learned at an early age, to avoid political, religious and financial discussions in social and professional settings. Others of us…well, didn’t “get the memo” or think, “oh, it’s not going to get ugly, it’s just a question”.
Last week I talked about Politics and Facebook. This week, with the Presidential election on Tuesday, rest assured, we will run into that awkward political discussion somewhere, somehow, and it might very well happen in the workplace.
I came across this humorous approach at how to deal with some of those situations you may find yourself in at work this week and thought you might enjoy it as well:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-18/how-to-talk-politics-in-the-office
If you do find yourself in this situation, I’d love to hear how it goes.
