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Defeat by Siege, Not Coup

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Defeat by Siege, Not Coup

"Your rivals aren't under every rock, but they are behind an awful lot of desks," D'Alessandro writes. But rather than ousting these rivals with one blow, he says, it's better to undermine them, bit by bit, with pointed (but fair) questions and the occasional Gladiator-esque act of mercy in which you spare an opponent. Of course, you can't win every battle. When you do lose one, D'Alessandro recommends relocation. Second chances at positions do occasionally come up, but the price is often years of working for your former rival, a price few are willing to pay.