Navigating Politics as a Senior Leader

Keep your teams on track. Learn how to mitigate common political issues at the office—from unproductive alliance building to information hoarding—at the senior level.

Introduction

• Take productive approaches to office politics

1. Overt Behaviors

• Cope with aggressive behaviors
• Avoid being undermined
• Overcome approval-withholding behaviors

2. Covert Behaviors

• Passive aggressiveness
• Information hoarding
• Resource hoarding
• Stall your ideas

3. Maneuvering Behaviors

• Jockey for position
• Alliance building
• Set you up to fail

Conclusion

• Enter the political fray