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Ten Years On: Semi-random Reflections from a Decade of Coaching

Next Level Blog

Here's to your next level, Steve Posted by: Steve Laswell | December 01, 2010 at 10:42 PM Great post.

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Playing Office Politics Without Selling Your Soul

Harvard Business Review

To borrow from the political scientist, Harold Laswell , office politics can be understood as the unwritten rules that determine who gets what, when, and how — a promotion, a budget for a project, a say in the boss’s decisions — and who doesn’t. How to Manage a Toxic Employee. Common phrases for playing good politics include being savvy, well-networked, or street smart, socializing ideas, and managing stakeholders. Politics is a dirty word.