Manager Tools - Politics: Recent Episodes
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This cast concludes our discussion on how effective managers address governmental politics at work.
The conclusion of our guidance on ethical behavior. Although this show was originally recorded as a Career Tools cast, we've included it for free for our Manager Tools listeners and Licensees given the underlying assumption of ethical behavior in all our recommendations.
Our guidance on ethical behavior. Although this show was originally recorded as a Career Tools cast, we've included it for free for our Manager Tools listeners and Licensees given the underlying assumption of ethical behavior in all our recommendations.
How to handle the politically delicate moment when you're asked to talk about a difficult person or situation.
Don't vote against a plan or decision if you're the only one doing so, unless it's for ethics or principles (and it usually isn't).
Don't vote against a plan or decision if you're the only one doing so, unless it's for ethics or principles (and it usually isn't).
Doing "favors" for colleagues is an important part of the political/relationship culture in all organizations. It pays to give and to receive them.
Doing "favors" for colleagues is an important part of the political/relationship culture in all organizations. It pays to give and to receive them.
How to be more effective by planning for your enemies' inevitable efforts to undermine you.
The conclusion of our recommendations on professionals abandoning their belief in the myth of a just world and "playing politics".
This guidance recommends professionals abandon their belief in the myth of a just world and "play politics".
This guidance tells you how to prepare for meetings where politics are going to play a role (which is to say, ALL of them). ;-)
This guidance recommends knowing where decision makers and influencers stand on proposals and decisions that matter to you and your team.