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Navigating Office Politics: Building a Successful Career Through Savvy Behaviors.

Rich Gee Group

Office politics, the art of influencing others to achieve goals within the workplace, is a subject that often evokes strong reactions. However, another side to this coin is one where "good political behavior" can propel your career forward. In contrast, "bad political behavior" can be detrimental.

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Leading Thoughts for March 28, 2024

Leading Blog

Discernment enables a coach to ask effective questions, unearthing roadblocks, fears, and doubts that keep a team member from reaching his or her goals. Even at the smallest level of democracy—a simple political conversation with someone with whom you disagree—we need commitment. And where do you get discernment?

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Navigating New Horizons: Leadership Skills for a Transforming World

N2Growth Blog

The terrain is treacherous and ever-shifting, from the rise of right-wing politics to conflicts spanning continents and through the quicksand of global crises, including housing, migration, and energy. The Challenge of Trendspotting Identifying emerging trends and aligning them with organizational goals is an art in itself.

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Setting Healthy Boundaries: What to Say When You Need to Say No

Let's Grow Leaders

You’re going to learn strategies not just for declining politely, but also how to maintain respect and integrity, particularly when you have to say no to your boss or turn down a tempting project. Begin with connection and clarity about the impact of their requests and propose alternative solutions that align with team goals.

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The Covert Signals We Use To Show Our Political Beliefs Online

The Horizons Tracker

Research from the Santa Fe Institute suggests that we may use similar kinds of covert signals to display our political persuasion online. To try and do so, they collected tweets from politically extreme Twitter users in the run-up to the 2020 election. The sample included those on both the left and the right of the political spectrum.

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Research Highlights Common Values Between Conservatives And Liberals

The Horizons Tracker

New research led by a psychology professor from the University of Wyoming has looked at conservatism and liberalism in American politics. The goal of the studies was to understand how these political ideas affect the United States. ” The researchers looked at what people want and how they think about politics. .

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Leading Thoughts for July 6, 2023

Leading Blog

No institution—religious, military, educational, political or business—can be great unless it has a great leader at the top who develops leaders at all levels of the organization. The goal is leaders at all levels who all teach and develop other leaders.”

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