Wield Strategic Influence in Your Organization - Starting Now!
Political shrewdness is an absolute must in the modern workplace. Whether we realize it or not, we’re all navigating the political climate of our organizations each and every day. And it takes a special set of soft skills to carve out a strategic niche for yourself in this landscape.
Strengthen your informal authority and boost your credibility with tactics and strategies that let you leverage your clout. Find out how to get the right people’s ears and make the most of your newfound influence to ethically and constructively advance your own agenda. Want to be in it to win it? Join us and find out how!
5,000 PEOPLE (AND COUNTING!) HAVE TAKEN THIS SEMINAR SO FAR.
GOALS
- Become a heavy hitter in your organization.
- Learn and be able to apply ethics-based strategies and tactics for exerting influence within your own circles and beyond.
- Get your ideas heard and your recommendations green-lit.
- Advocate effectively for the interests of your group.
- Build your reputation for political astuteness and integrity.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
- Professionals
- Managers
- Mid-level and C-suites executives
- Leaders
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Wield strategic influence: Make yourself heard and make others listen.
- Have an immediate impact on your teammates and other colleagues.
- Find out to immediately apply the ideas and concepts taught in this course to your own organizational context.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.
Gain a better understanding of power dynamics
- Distinguish between power, influence and political savvy in an organizational context
- Recognize political issues at the individual and organizational level
- Activate levers that drive power
- Decipher political rules based on the type of organization
- Weigh the political risks
Decode the political games within the organization
- Determine your approach to political manoeuvring
- Identify the five types of players of political games
- Thwart conniving adversaries
- Map out collaborative and competitive political games
- Identify allies, opponents and neutral parties
Play the political game to win
- Know how to apply strategies and tactics to influence political games in a collaborative environment
- Know how to apply strategies and tactics to influence political games in a competitive environment
- Determine the avenues for creating long-term alliances and coalitions
- Understand the impact of the organizational context on political wrangling
- Learn three factors to take into account to uphold business ethics
TRAINING APPROACH
- Dynamic, interactive learning
- Lectures
- Small group and full class discussions
- Critical incident analysis
- Self-assessment questionnaires
Presentation
Program
Instructors
GOALS
- Become a heavy hitter in your organization.
- Learn and be able to apply ethics-based strategies and tactics for exerting influence within your own circles and beyond.
- Get your ideas heard and your recommendations green-lit.
- Advocate effectively for the interests of your group.
- Build your reputation for political astuteness and integrity.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
- Professionals
- Managers
- Mid-level and C-suites executives
- Leaders
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Wield strategic influence: Make yourself heard and make others listen.
- Have an immediate impact on your teammates and other colleagues.
- Find out to immediately apply the ideas and concepts taught in this course to your own organizational context.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.
Gain a better understanding of power dynamics
- Distinguish between power, influence and political savvy in an organizational context
- Recognize political issues at the individual and organizational level
- Activate levers that drive power
- Decipher political rules based on the type of organization
- Weigh the political risks
Decode the political games within the organization
- Determine your approach to political manoeuvring
- Identify the five types of players of political games
- Thwart conniving adversaries
- Map out collaborative and competitive political games
- Identify allies, opponents and neutral parties
Play the political game to win
- Know how to apply strategies and tactics to influence political games in a collaborative environment
- Know how to apply strategies and tactics to influence political games in a competitive environment
- Determine the avenues for creating long-term alliances and coalitions
- Understand the impact of the organizational context on political wrangling
- Learn three factors to take into account to uphold business ethics
TRAINING APPROACH
- Dynamic, interactive learning
- Lectures
- Small group and full class discussions
- Critical incident analysis
- Self-assessment questionnaires