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Office Politics Is Just Influence by Another Name

Harvard Business Review

Most of us cringe when we think about office politics. After all, who wants to participate in backstabbing, lying, cheating, blaming, sucking up, and playing people against each other? But are politics at work inherently dirty? The truth is that just being a member of an organization is a political act. Further Reading.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This tracks the "drives" theory of David McClelland. Establish mutually acceptable timetables to ensure individual development and more commitment/participation. A simple survey can identify, within barbershop chapters, whether the group is mostly interested in a) socializing or in b) performing at a high level.

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