Archive for 'Organizational Savvy'

Influence skills as a training topic is too broad so we need the Influence Pyramid tool to categorize learning solutions into four types of influence programs.

Welcome back to the Savvy Blog which will from now on be updated at least weekly and so sorry for the Savvy Seasonal Vacation!
By popular demand, this week’s Guest Author is again Ken Bruss, Ed.D., picking up on the theme of Savvy and Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement. Ken has extensive experience managing the implications [...]

This week’s Guest Author is Ken Bruss, Ed.D. Ken has extensive experience managing the implications of Organizational and Political Savvy inherent in quality and process improvement initiatives. A primary area of focus has been New Product Development processes. Ken will be contributing a few blog entries based upon his experience.
Why is Political Savvy Critical for [...]

This week, Jane Porter featured my input in her Wall Street Journal article (Careers D-2) entitled “New Job, Same  Firm: Learning the Ropes.” I thought it would be helpful to link you here, and to review some of the thoughts I shared about the challenge of switching roles in the same organization. Whether [...]

Losing Through Language
Deborah Tannen, in Talking from 9 to 5, and others have documented how women use different language patterns than men. It is not that these are mistakes in and of themselves, since they are simply different conventions. The risk occurs when women do not recognize how some habits are interpreted by some men. [...]

A core career mistake women can easily correct is that of ignoring blind spots about organizational politics, and overlooking common behavioral differences between males and females that often lead to unfair corporate “buzz” and interpretations that impact credibility. Sometimes blocking, negative perceptions are the outgrowth of mere language conventions, which we’ll cover in my next [...]

Next month, I’m addressing the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association’s annual Leadership Conference on women’s political blind spots, so I’m writing several blogs on this focused niche–– ethical politics for women. To keep myself honest, I’ll first address three common resistance points about the very premise of treating women as a politically marginalized group: Are such niche [...]

Why is Political Savvy Vital in the Economic Downturn?
My recent discussions with clients confirm an unavoidable truth–-in these economically uncertain times, maintaining a resilient and productive corporate environment demands a healthy political landscape. A climate of fear and scarcity can trigger destructive and resource-draining internal competition within companies at the very time we must collectively [...]

Dr. Rick Brandon: Managing Your Corporate “Buzz”

Welcome to our SAVVY BLOG, where Brandon Partners CEO and best selling author Dr. Rick Brandon will share ideas and advice on navigating organizational politics with integrity, influence, and impact for enhanced individual and enterprise success. You’ll learn strategies like Rick describes on this page’s video about Managing the [...]