Rick Brandon, Marty Seldman

Survival of the Savvy (eBook, ePUB)

High-Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two of the nation's most successful corporate leadership consultants now reveal their proven, systematic program for using the power of "high-integrity" politics to achieve career success, maximize team impact, and protect the company's reputation and bottom line.

Each day in business, a corporate version of "survival of the fittest" is played out. Power plays, turf battles, deceptions, and sabotages block individuals' career progress and threaten companies' resources and results. In Survival of the Savvy, Rick Brandon and Marty Seldman provide ethical but street-smart strategies for navigating corporate politics to gain "impact with integrity," helping readers to:

• Identify political styles at work through the Style Strengths Finder, and avoid being under or overly political
• Discover the corporate "buzz" on you, and manage the corporate "airwaves"
• Decipher unwritten company rules and protect yourself from sabotage and hidden agendas
• Build key networks to promote yourself and your ideas with integrity
• Learn to detect deception and filter misleading information
• Increase your team's organizational savvy, influence, and impact
• Gauge the political health of the company and forge a high-integrity political culture

In addition, Survival of the Savvy helps individuals discover and overcome their own political blind spots and vulnerabilities. They learn step-by-step methods to avoid being underestimated or denied full recognition for their achievements. It shows them how to put forward their ideas and advance their careers in an ethical manner, with a high level of political awareness and skill.

After reading this book, you will never have to say, "I didn't see it coming." Organizational savvy is a mission-critical competency for the complete leader. This timely and timeless book provides cutting-edge strategies and skills for surviving and thriving as you build individual and company success.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780743274296
• Artikelnr.: 49185443

Autorenporträt

Rick Brandon, Ph.D. and Marty Seldman, Ph.D.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: A Political Wake-Up Call
Part I: The Impact of Political Styles
Chapter 1: Avoid Political Blind Spots
Chapter 2: Two Political Styles, Two Sets of Strengths
Chapter 3: Political Style Risks
Chapter 4: Finding the Vital Balance
Part II: Individual Savvy Tactics
Chapter 5: Map Political Styles
Chapter 6: Deactivate Your Political Buttons
Chapter 7: Detect Power Dynamics, Agendas, and Unwritten Rules
Chapter 8: Know the Corporate Buzz
Chapter 9: Weave a Safety Network
Chapter 10: Manage the Airwaves
Chapter 11: Promote Yourself with Integrity
Chapter 12: Pump Up Your Power Image
Chapter 13: Address Hidden Agendas
Chapter 14: Respect Ego and Turf with Savvy Influence Vocabulary
Chapter 15: Ethical Lobbying
Chapter 16: Conversational Aikido to Defuse Sabotage
Part III: Leadership Savvy Tactics to Detect Deception
Chapter 17: A Leadership Wake-Up Call
Chapter 18: Expect Deception, Even (Especially) as a CEO
Chapter 19: Detect Deception and Catch Schemers Red-Handed
Chapter 20: Make "Private Power Pockets" Public
Part IV: Leadership Savvy Tactics to Build A Savvy Team and Company
Chapter 21: The Team Trust/Competence Grid
Chapter 22: Build a Savvy Team
Chapter 23: Forge a High-Integrity Politics Culture
Epilogue
The Bigger Picture: A Societal Wake-Up Call
Acknowledgments
Index