Preview Session: The Art and Science of Corporate Navigation

"No leadership education is complete until it is grounded in the political realities of organizational life."

— Peter Drucker

Have you ever thought about the possibility that you may be underestimating the role that politics plays in how your ideas sell within your organisation and / or in your career mobility? While you probably just want it to go away, or find an organisation where it doesn't exist, the bad news is that is unlikely to happen. You ignore it and its consequences at your professional peril. Organizations are a complex labyrinth of egos, rivalries, sacred cows etc. and Whether you hate it, admire it, practice it or avoid it, office politics is a fact of life in any organization. Leaders who are "politically savvy" accept these facts, they understand the underlying issues and context, the personalities involved, and influence others & accomplish things successfully, with minimum disruption.

• The idea of "Positive Politics in Organisations" views one's network as a plant to be watered, pruned, and taken care of and lays emphasis on pro-active stakeholder management.
• If you deny the 'bad politics' that may be going on around you, and avoid dealing with those, you may needlessly suffer whilst others take unfair advantage.
• And if you avoid practicing 'positive politics', you miss the opportunities to properly further your own interests, and those of your team and its cause.

This programme aims to help you by:

• Modulating attitudes about power, politics & accept that not all conflict is bad
• Helping you to map the political terrain & identify key stakeholders for an issue
• Confronting naiveté about hidden organizational dynamics and contending with backstabbers & bullies, among others.
• Prevent & protect yourself from being passed over, underestimated, marginalized or sabotaged and
• Providing you with a range of tools and practical skills to help you "navigate "the political arena & achieve organizational impact, strategic influence and recognition with integrity.

Who should attend?

Executives, HR directors, leaders, managers, and project team members, who would like to improve their influence within an organization.