Organizational Politics: Seducing the New Leader
As a leader new to your current role, you encounter would-be seducers, lining up to play the game of organizational politics. What to do?
August 2, 2012
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As a leader new to your current role, you encounter would-be seducers, lining up to play the game of organizational politics. What to do?
Marissa Mayer is the first pregnant CEO of a major company, that we know of. With this news, we have the opportunity to re-think the boundary between work and life, Drawing the line with dashes, to achieve greater permeability, will serve us better in a variety of ways. It will even light the spark of innovation more readily.
Bob Diamond, former CEO Barclays, swats away the questions, as he testifies before a sub-committee of the British Parliament. You can read the subtitles here.
Dear Leader:
As we begin our journey together, I thought it a good idea to let you know what I would most appreciate from you. I hope you do not think it is too bold of me to speak so directly and honestly to you from the start.
Recently I attended two different meetings in which two different executives enlisted people to lead a specific change initiative. Each of these two leaders did something I call small actions BIG RESULTS.
Events that took place at a recent New England Patriots football game gave me insight into gender differences on speaking up about diversity and injustice.
Elephants have much to teach us about why we need men leading boys, and men from oppressed regimes, to manhood.
We choose our leaders and too often we choose the narcissistic leader. Why? More importantly how can we stop.
We are searching NOWLeaders who focus on a purpose that extends beyond the bottom line, with tendrils and tentacles that reach out to the local, national and global communities they serve, who lead collaboratively, who…. Will you help us find them?
