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How to be Politically Savvy

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“Whenever there are two people in the same room, there’s politics.”. One of my former professors made the argument that anytime there are two people in a room, there’s politics. Normally the term "corporate politics” has an enormously negative connotation. Politics = Bad. It’s politics in either case.

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5 Essential Competencies for Executive Leadership

Consulting Matters

Political Savvy. POLITICAL SAVVY. “Political savvy is the ability to partner with peers to contribute towards the business goals. Politics is all about horizontal leadership or, in other words, leading across organizational boundaries.” Strategic/Big Picture Thinking. Maximize Results.

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Top Power Skills Every Organizational Consultant Needs

Consulting Matters

Skill #2: Political Savvy. In episode 52 – I went over the secrets to consulting excellence and mentioned that accepting politics is one of the secrets. It's not enough to accept politics; you have to master your ability to navigate politics if you're going to be effective in influencing executives.

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5 Essential Competencies for Executive Leadership

Consulting Matters

Political Savvy. POLITICAL SAVVY. “Political savvy is the ability to partner with peers to contribute towards the business goals. Politics is all about horizontal leadership or, in other words, leading across organizational boundaries.” Strategic/Big Picture Thinking. Maximize Results.

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20 Questions to Help You Uncover Your Client's TRUE Culture and Politics

Consulting Matters

To win business and deliver results - all consultants MUST cultivate their political savvy. While we may think that executives hire consultants for economic reasons - the reality is that more often that not, we're brought in for political reasons. Politics is not necessarily a bad thing.

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20 Questions to Help You Uncover Your Client's TRUE Culture and Politics

Consulting Matters

To win business and deliver results - all consultants MUST cultivate their political savvy. While we may think that executives hire consultants for economic reasons - the reality is that more often that not, we're brought in for political reasons. Politics is not necessarily a bad thing.

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7 Traits that Make You Instantly Credible with Senior Leaders

Consulting Matters

Political Savvy. Recognizes and understands organizations as dynamic, political, economic, and social systems which have multiple goals. Knows how the various functions of a business work and relate to each other. Understands business drivers, challenges, competition, goals and strategies. Organization Behavior/Development.