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Nov 2023

27m 9s

Leading with Political Savvy – Part 1

Essential Communications - Tom Henschel

About this episode

A leader feels stuck. She sees others winning resources she felt should have been hers, but she hates playing politics. What to do?

Download our free Political Style Chart here.

“The Secret Handshake” is a great tool for mastering workplace politics.

Many more tools are in our podcast library. This episode is in three categories:

Here are five episodes to help develop your political savvy:

187 - Agreeable Disagreement

215 - How to Stay Calm Under Fire

192 - Pursuing a Promotion

207 - Tough Conversations

67 - “I Hate Politics”

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