3-Hour Virtual Sprint
POLITICAL SAVVY: MAXIMIZING YOUR IMPACT
AND INFLUENCE IN THE ORGANIZATION
with Dr. Joel Deluca
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Overview
Leaders know how to manage organizational politics. They take initiative and ethically navigate through political dynamics, often behind the scenes. This highly interactive session identifies political styles and shows how to map the political terrain. Participants will learn proven tools and tactics for influencing both upward and across the organization.
While most are wary, leaders know how to manage organizational politics. This seminar vividly brings to life power, politics, and influence without authority, both upward and across the organization. We will debunk the stereotype of politics as emerging from an unethical manipulative underworld. Those who are frustrated and jaded by organizational politics will learn to overcome cynicism and feelings of victimization. Participants will learn to diagnose political styles and map political terrains. Principles such as “the 51% guide,” “agenda linking” and “credibility pathing” will help participants navigate political dynamics, demonstrate ethical leadership, and further career success.
Topics Covered
Leadership and organizational politics
• The hidden ingredient in successful organizational change
Political styles
• What is a political style?
• Diagnosing your own style
• Political savvy versus manipulation: The critical distinction
Political savvy exercise
• Political problems in the organization
• Sub-group problem solving
Mapping the political territory
• Principles of mapping
• Mapping one’s own political territory
Political savvy strategies
• Negotiating coalitions
• Advanced principles of influence
Developing your own politically savvy strategies
Leadership, political savvy and career success
About Our Expert
DR. JOEL DELUCA
DR. JOEL DeLUCA consults around the world on issues of leadership development, strategy creation, and organization design. As a Wharton School faculty member, he spent the last four years co-designing the leadership program at the top-ranked business school in the US. Previously, he was responsible for creating “next generation” organizational systems for what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers and for Sun Co., a Fortune 20 corporation at the time. Dr. DeLuca served as a Captain in the USAF and completed his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at Yale. For six years, he was selected by the Academy of Management to review research in organizational change. He was also chosen as a United States delegate to tour the People’s Republic of China and exchange management practices. Dr. DeLuca has published several articles and books, including Political Savvy, Overcoming Resistance to Change, Learning to Use What You Already Know and is completing Entrepreneurial Leadership. His clients range from Harvard and the FBI to Ford, Xerox and Victoria’s Secret.
Program Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Field of Study: Personal Development
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Field of Study: Personal Development
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