Organizational Savvy: Increasing Your Influence and Impact

  Dr. Rick Brandon

Dr. Rick Brandon has 30 years of performance improvement experience and has educated over 100,000 people in workshops and speeches. He owns Brandon Partners, offering workshops on corporate politics and managerial motivation. Dr. Brandon earned a Ph.D. in counseling at the University of Arizona, an M.A. in education from St. Lawrence University, and a B.A. in psychology from Case Western Reserve.

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Time Allocation - Topics

15%	Reactions to politics & underestimating the role of politics in your    success 

15%	Two major political styles, their dangers, and targeting a more balanced style 

10%	Mapping the political styles within your own work world 

15%	Identifying and changing your own counterproductive attitudes 

15%	Real-company case studies 

30%	Street-smart, non-manipulative strategies to increase political impact 	

Seminar Description

Leaders of companies claim politics isn’t important or doesn’t exist. Yet, every day, results and careers in organizations suffer from power plays, inflated egos, turf battles, hidden personal agendas, deception, and bad mouthing. Successful leaders know how to manage organizational politics and use it to their benefit. This workshop adjusts attitudes about power and politics, confronts naiveté about organizational dynamics, and provides practical strategies for building organizational impact with integrity (e.g., ethical lobbying, addressing hidden agendas, promoting yourself with integrity, respecting turf and ego, etc.). This session is designed to benefit those well-intentioned individuals whose lack of political skills leaves them vulnerable to being underestimated, sabotaged, and denied credit for their ideas and work.

 

Guide to Participant Selection

Department

Admin

Distrib

Engr

Finc

H.R.

Legal

Mktng

IT

Opr

Plng

Pchsg

R&D

Sales

Senior Managers 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Dir & Gen'l Mgr

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Middle Manager 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Managers & Supervisors 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

APPLICABILITY
1 indicates primary target audience.
2 indicates a good fit if the level of material is appropriate.
3 indicates (in the opinion of the institute and the faculty) very limited applicability.

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Last Updated 10/27/12