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let me provide an example of where more polished political skills might come in handy: scenario 1, small startup - you're used to working very closely with a small team, know each others skills, strengths, and weaknesses, and can instantly drop in and say, "hey! it looks you're doing in a way that can be optimized, I'm doing the same thing, let's work together and do it right" without ruffling any feathers or destroying relationships. scenario 2: big company, larger team, lots of cross-team work, same issue. "hi, I noticed that we're trying to work on the same thing and attempting to improve performance in similar manners. I'd hate to have us both duplicate this effort, do you have time to maybe bounce ideas off of each other so we can come to a better solution?" and knowing when to drop it when the answer is "no". it's a difference in communication styles, which might be more difficult to adapt to when coming from a smaller organization. does that help? (note that I could also have said, "well, duh, just learn to communicate better!" but that would have been counter-productive in this case :) ) editing to add that I gave an example for one type of communication, sibling comments to this did a fantastic job of providing probably better examples. |