Positive Political Skills in the Workplace Desjardins employee.s

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Length
One day
two half-days
9 a.m. to noon or
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (2 x 3 hours)
Online training (Teams)

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Rate
$495
$495
Language

French

Program can be

Customized for

your organization

Delivered anywhere

in the world
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Mylène Reid
Activity Officer

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Training reserved exclusively for Desjardins employees.

As a Desjardins management training partner, Executive Education HEC Montréal offers you the opportunity to improve your political knowledge and skills by registering for this seminar.

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!

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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Cancellation policy

  • To cancel their registration, participants must provide written confirmation to Mylène Reid.
  • Participants will incur 100% of the total registration fee if the cancellation is reported 72 business hours and less before the start of the activity.
  • HEC Montréal reserves the right to cancel any training program if the minimum number of 16 participants is not reached 72 hours before the start of the activity. HEC Montréal’s only liability in the event of a cancellation is to refund all registration fees received.

Substitution policy

  • Any substitution of participation must be reported to Mylène Reid.

Rescheduling

  • A course may only be rescheduled once per participant within the same session.
  • The possibility of rescheduling a participant in a course that has already reached the maximum threshold of 25 participants will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Payment

  • Individual payment can only be made by credit card (Visa, MasterCard or AMEX).
  • No discount will be applicable for these courses.
  • Fees must be paid in full prior to the start of the program.

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
Pierre Lainey
Pierre Lainey

DBA, MBA, MPsy, C.Adm., CMC, CHRP

Senior Faculty Lecturer, HEC Montréal

Positive Political Skills in the Workplace Desjardins employee.s

Training reserved exclusively for Desjardins employees.

As a Desjardins management training partner, Executive Education HEC Montréal offers you the opportunity to improve your political knowledge and skills by registering for this seminar.

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!

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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Cancellation policy

  • To cancel their registration, participants must provide written confirmation to Mylène Reid.
  • Participants will incur 100% of the total registration fee if the cancellation is reported 72 business hours and less before the start of the activity.
  • HEC Montréal reserves the right to cancel any training program if the minimum number of 16 participants is not reached 72 hours before the start of the activity. HEC Montréal’s only liability in the event of a cancellation is to refund all registration fees received.

Substitution policy

  • Any substitution of participation must be reported to Mylène Reid.

Rescheduling

  • A course may only be rescheduled once per participant within the same session.
  • The possibility of rescheduling a participant in a course that has already reached the maximum threshold of 25 participants will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Payment

  • Individual payment can only be made by credit card (Visa, MasterCard or AMEX).
  • No discount will be applicable for these courses.
  • Fees must be paid in full prior to the start of the program.

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
Pierre Lainey
Pierre Lainey

DBA, MBA, MPsy, C.Adm., CMC, CHRP

Senior Faculty Lecturer, HEC Montréal
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