When all eyes turn towards you, and the heat is on, make sure you don’t take it personally. I totally applaud those who step up and take responsibility. Those are the people who will go far. Provided that in so doing, they don’t take things too personally. For anyone...
Avoiding playing it dirty is not only possible, it is easy - when you know how. Most people naively believe that if you want to get on, you have to play the politics, and beat others at their own game. It certainly looks that way doesn’t it! The way many senior teams...
If you don’t do politics... ...you are either naive, stupid or negligent. Well, I suppose you might also be lacking in ambition or simply can’t be bothered. Whatever, attempting to deny the reality that workplace politics surrounds everything you do, or avoiding...
It was a delight to present "How to Win Over Your Boss" to the Executive MBA group at Warwick Business School on 1st October. Lots of discussion, precious little time to answer all the questions, and I am now keeping my promise to provide you all with more resources,...
When you are clear about what you want to achieve, it is often frustrating to find that others do not share your enthusiasm. A great deal of time and effort is expended building the case, considering the risks and planning the execution. Everything seems to make sense...
Unless you understand someone else’s position, ambitions and problems, your influence attempts could be much more difficult. When others don’t want to cooperate or are working against you, “conflicting agendas” are often cited as the cause. This seems to signal a...