If your focus is first on doing what is best for the company, it's hard for others to object to that, use fact based decision making when possible. Managing pe

If your focus is first on doing what is best for the company, it's hard for others to object to that, use fact based decision making when possible. Managing people is different than being a dev, look to your immediate manager for help during the transition, it might help ease any tensions. You need to build working relationships with your peers to work effectively together. Politics usually is meant to mean silly office gamesmanship, but really is about understanding people's motivators which includes fears. Sure you will run across people that like to "win" for the sake of winning but most people go in to work wanting to do a good job that day, if you help them with this then everyone wins.