Notes Flashcards
Organizational politics are important to enact change and maintain corporate culture.
Being politically savvy and skilled can help ethical competent people sell ideas and influence others for the good of their organization.
Political styles range from under political to over political. Neither is perfect and recognizing different styles is helpful in managing people.
Don’t be intimidated by politics. Otherwise you will generate resentment and that drains your time, energy, morale and performance.
It also saps the energy of your team.
Being a steward for your organizations overall political atmosphere is an important goal.
Being politically savvy helps you to avoid being underestimated and marginalized and undervalued as a business partner.
“Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various additions of them”
Lord Philip Chesterfield
The two styles are less political people and power of person style.
The power of ideas style is honorable but also can be marginalized by power of person operators.
We don’t learn to deal with ethical dilemmas by totally avoiding them.
Abraham Lincoln
Not sharing the entire truth is not the same as being dishonest.
We don’t learn to deal with ethical dilemmas by totally avoiding them.
Abraham Lincoln
Not sharing the entire truth is not the same as being dishonest.
Having verbal discipline is helpful versus always blindly speaking the truth without taking into account who the receiver is our consider considering the potential consequences of failing to be discerning.
Don’t trust people who should not be trusted. That leaves you vulnerable to theft of ideas, blame and sabotage.
Power is the great aphrodisiac
Henry Kissinger
The more accurate your style estimate of people’s political styles, as well as power pockets, power influencers, and emerging leaders, the better the odds for productive and harmonious working relationships.
Political styles are not static. They can change depending on period of life, maturity, greed, fear, ambition, job expectations, stage of a team or company i.e. startup etc.
Style awareness helps one to better collaborate and influence others by taking into account their operating systems.
Knowing your style helps you to choose which tactics you may already be over using such as building your network or on or honing a power image.
Self talk is a useful tool to deactivate your political buttons and off the cuff remarks.
When your head is full of upsetting self statements, one will feel anxious, angry or intimidated.
View politics as an opportunity to make a positive impact.
Untrue, exaggerated statements create strong feelings, stress and lowered performance.
Instead of making a mountain out of a molehill, just describe the molehill.
Self talk tools
Focus on the present
Visualize positive politics
Reprogram politics and power reframe politics and power
Keep perspective
“My life has been a series of terrible misfortune… Most of which never happened”
Mark Twain
Keep your mind in the present versus being preoccupied with the past or the future.
The past is history, the future is a mystery. This moment is a gift. That’s why they collect “the present”.
“I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in – focus picture of it in my head.”
Jack Nicklaus
Change your self talk by thinking as if it’s already occurred
“I am calm and poised with overly political people and I cope well with their unreasonable behavior”
Maintain a disciplined effort to be your own best internal coach, teacher, mentor and parent.
“The mightiest warrior is he who can conquer himself”
Confucius
The Chinese word for crisis has two characters. One means “danger” and the other means “opportunity”.
Self talk is it is a set of internal influence tools to raise my eyes for managing my reactions.
Self talk is the inner game of organizational politics the first one you need to win.
Your beliefs become your thoughts
Your thoughts become your words
Your words become your actions
Your actions become your values
Your values become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The core of persuasion lies in knowing others needs, goals, and problems so that you can speak their language and blend your ideas with their objectives. Be a savvy leader who gathers intelligence on people’s hot buttons, taboo’s and values.
Speculate about a person’s agenda, both public and private, from changes the organization is facing. That might be gross or it may be cost cutting and a hiring freeze.
Learned the foremost system as well as the unwritten rules. Work around the system when necessary and fair for the good of the team or company.
Compliance, safety and regulatory rules are indispensable, but resisting common sense improvisation can perpetuate red tape and waste.
Answers to questions one will get to that after the break, too what does the group think? And three it depends!
Perception isn’t reality but people sure make decisions based on it.
No the buzz.
If you don’t know your buzz that’s part of your buzz!
Positive buzz, negative buzz positive but limiting.
Desirable traits differ from one organization to the next.
Corporate priorities include vision, objectives and taglines, published core values and leadership competencies.
Corporate culture
Includes informal norms and unwritten rules, whose promoted or ditched, informal artifacts and rituals, historic lore and idiosyncratic practices.
Also look at senior people’s biases. People are off the record Personal preferences, seniors agenda, strategic initiative and your own bosses biases.
Ask others including Kali colleagues managers clients and customers what you are “buzz is.”
Asking customers will also send a message you want to improve your service to them which is a great benefit.
Savvy leaders are self-aware and courageous professionals willing to study their assets and shadows through resources such as self assessment tools, checklists, 360° survey feedback, mentors coaches reading and assignments.
Savvy leaders view networking as a “decent boldness” balanced, tactful networking never crosses the ethical line. Yes, boldness is required since building connections means leaving your safe foxhole. But a decent boldness that conveys respect for others and an interest in getting to know them is always valued.
Schmooze or Luz
Insurance for bad times – your network helps to protect you
Makes you a known quantity – you have a better chance for job advancement if you’re a known quantity i.e. oh yes I know him/her.
In the vacuum of information most decision-maker go with a known quantity.
Access – networking gains you access to people, information, resources favors and support.
Feed you the real buzz. Your networking can level with you about your reputation, more accurately reflecting your corporate bus.
When sabotage hits you, that’s not the time to build a network. It already needs to be in place.
It is important to have a wide array of people endorsing your thinking, philosophy and results.
Cross organizational networking bronze your scope and strategic view. Expanded visibility is energizing, fulfilling and fun.
Build your network now, don’t wait until you urgently need one. Build in that relationships in high places. This is where the bold indecent boneless comes into play. You need powerful allies, not just strength the numbers.
Think wide. Don’t only network within your group. Cheer yourself of your cross organizational agoraphobia.
Go beyond company boundaries, as well, joining more professional affiliations. And think why if you don’t have a good reason to meet, remember that getting acquainted is a valid objective in itself.
