N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2010
What we’re experiencing today is too much form over substance – leaders lacking in foundation, but replete with social/political savvy. A leader who fails to understand this will never create the trust bond necessary to lead effectively. Nothing is more important for a leader than keeping promises and commitments.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 25, 2014
All organizations are political – and to some degree, they always will be. Second, humans are emotional creatures, biased by unconscious needs and riddled with insecurities. Second, humans are emotional creatures, biased by unconscious needs and riddled with insecurities. HBR Guide to Office Politics. Karen Dillon.
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Mills Scofield
JANUARY 14, 2014
There is a level of sincerity and empathy that underlies these expressions of gratitude—even when there may be little understanding of the soldier’s true reasons for joining the military, disagreement with political or national policy, or a lack of agreement as to the reasons for military action in the first place.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 16, 2015
Most of us cringe when we think about office politics. Or maybe you take a slightly less offensive view of office politics and see it as controlling agendas, building covert alliances, protecting access to key leaders, and holding “meetings before the meeting.” But are politics at work inherently dirty?
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
Nobody really likes office politics. But the reality is that companies are, by nature, political organizations, which means that if you want to survive and thrive at work, you can’t just sit out on the sidelines. First, it’s important to understand why playing politics is so unavoidable. HBR Guide to Office Politics.
Persuasive Powerhouse
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
On your next visit, refer to something they said; this will help them to know that you listened and create a bond because you remembered something about them. I was very nervous about the situation so I brushed up on my current events, political knowledge and business principles hoping to be able to effectively converse with the man.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 12, 2018
Office Politics. Peggy Drexler, research psychologist and professor of psychology at Cornell University’s Weill Medical College writes that “anthropologists say that throughout human history, gossip has been a way to bond with others — even a tool to isolate those who aren’t supporting the group.”
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