Successfully exercising personal power for political gain requires overcoming those who would oppose you. Winning these engagements, both strategic and tactical, becomes far easier when starting from a position of power. While you may not possess an initial starting position of strength, manipulating the engagement circumstances can tip the balance of power in your favor.
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Your personal life is personal, right? Not exactly. In fact, when it comes to your professional career, your personal life plays a critical role. Whether that role is positive or negative is up to you, and it is up to how well you manage both your personal and professional lives.
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More people than ever are using cloud platforms for both business and personal use, and the numbers are set to continue growing. If you’re concerned about your levels of security when using cloud platforms, here’s what you need to know.
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Everyone possesses personal power to some degree but many chose not to use it. Commonly shrouded as a righteous choice to not play politics or a self protecting underestimation of one’s power, the primary reason for not exercising personal power is fear.
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Are the people in your organization telling you the truth? As a manager, if you ask someone working for you, “What should we be doing better?” or “Where can we improve?” how honest do you think he or she will be?
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Businesses the world over are leaping into the use of big data. The analysis of the vast amounts of consumer data is helping business to create more effective marketing strategies and streamline their business process.
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Delays are a powerful tool that can be exercised by almost anyone. Such tactics serve to put off undesired (by the person initiating and/or perpetuating the delay) action and, ultimately, prevent action through exhaustion of the resources (time, labor, money, interest/patience) needed to sustain forward progress.
If you want to be an effective business owner and manager, then you really do need to take your employees under your wing. There are numerous things that your staff need to know abnve and beyond their job role and any associated skills they need to do that job well.
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All organizations are political to some degree with their culture defining the predominant, acceptable political practices – the organization’s political landscape. This unique landscape represents where political activity takes place and the sources of power exerted, shaped by established activity controls and triggers respectively.
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Unseen millions are lost by companies every year; the result of employees withholding the full commitment of their physical, intellectual, and emotional contributions. Surveys conducted by the Gallup Organization identified an 18 percent difference in productivity between the best and worst performing companies.1 Yet, as we shall explain, even the best performing companies have room for improvement.
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Business Politics Practices – Creating a Power Position Environment
/in Business Politics Practices, Premium/by StrategyDrivenSuccessfully exercising personal power for political gain requires overcoming those who would oppose you. Winning these engagements, both strategic and tactical, becomes far easier when starting from a position of power. While you may not possess an initial starting position of strength, manipulating the engagement circumstances can tip the balance of power in your favor.
How To Keep Personal Scandals Out of the Office
/in Management & Leadership/by StrategyDrivenYour personal life is personal, right? Not exactly. In fact, when it comes to your professional career, your personal life plays a critical role. Whether that role is positive or negative is up to you, and it is up to how well you manage both your personal and professional lives.
How to Keep Control Over Your Cloud Data
/in Risk Management/by StrategyDrivenMore people than ever are using cloud platforms for both business and personal use, and the numbers are set to continue growing. If you’re concerned about your levels of security when using cloud platforms, here’s what you need to know.
Business Politics Players – Why Individuals Don’t Use Their Personal Power
/in Business Politics Players, Premium/by StrategyDrivenEveryone possesses personal power to some degree but many chose not to use it. Commonly shrouded as a righteous choice to not play politics or a self protecting underestimation of one’s power, the primary reason for not exercising personal power is fear.
Do Your Employees Tell You the Truth? How to Foster an Environment Where They Do
/in Corporate Cultures/by Claudette RowleyAre the people in your organization telling you the truth? As a manager, if you ask someone working for you, “What should we be doing better?” or “Where can we improve?” how honest do you think he or she will be?
Using Big Data in the Classroom
/in Organizational Performance Measures/by StrategyDrivenBusinesses the world over are leaping into the use of big data. The analysis of the vast amounts of consumer data is helping business to create more effective marketing strategies and streamline their business process.
Business Politics Practices – Delay Tactics
/in Business Politics Practices, Premium/by StrategyDrivenDelays are a powerful tool that can be exercised by almost anyone. Such tactics serve to put off undesired (by the person initiating and/or perpetuating the delay) action and, ultimately, prevent action through exhaustion of the resources (time, labor, money, interest/patience) needed to sustain forward progress.
Things EVERY Employee Should Learn from You
/in Management & Leadership/by StrategyDrivenIf you want to be an effective business owner and manager, then you really do need to take your employees under your wing. There are numerous things that your staff need to know abnve and beyond their job role and any associated skills they need to do that job well.
Business Politics Landscape – Cultural Shaping of an Organization’s Business Politics Landscape
/in Business Politics Landscape, Corporate Cultures, Premium/by StrategyDrivenAll organizations are political to some degree with their culture defining the predominant, acceptable political practices – the organization’s political landscape. This unique landscape represents where political activity takes place and the sources of power exerted, shaped by established activity controls and triggers respectively.
Business Politics Impacts – Cost of Employee Productivity Loss
/in Business Politics Impacts, Premium/by StrategyDrivenUnseen millions are lost by companies every year; the result of employees withholding the full commitment of their physical, intellectual, and emotional contributions. Surveys conducted by the Gallup Organization identified an 18 percent difference in productivity between the best and worst performing companies.1 Yet, as we shall explain, even the best performing companies have room for improvement.