Challenges and trends
Micropolitics and politically motivated actions cannot be avoided in organisations, no matter what your position is.
Does that means that you need to fight fire with fire or fight harder and faster than others?
The answer is “no”. Instead, it is more about constructive politically-motivated actions. This requires an understanding of the political environment of colleagues, superiors and the organization as a whole. It also requires working towards achieving a set of common goals and acting for the benefit of the whole organization.
In the context of growingly flat hierarchies and the necessity of interlinking cross-functional collaborations within the organization it is important not to ignore the issue of power and micro-politics but to develop a healthy and robust attitude around this topic, so that collaboration capabilities are not buried.
With interdependence present in most organizations one has to say farewell to the fantasy of wanting to decide and control everything or trying to use micropolitics to create an environment according to one’s own ideas. Instead, it is more about seeing micro-politics as a way to enhance mutual benefits through the use and development of opportunities for action.
What will be covered during the seminar?
- Understanding micropolitics and mechanisms of power.
- Understanding and managing one’s own attitude around power struggles and micropolitics.
- Recognising, managing and neutralising power struggles.
- Identifying one’s own source of power and handling of micropolitics within the organisation.
- Developing a constructive attitude to political challenges with superiors.
- Developing a constructive attitude to political challenges with colleagues and other divisions.
The topics are based on case studies, your own examples/situations, inputs and practical exercises.
What will you learn?
- You will keep a cool head in „political“ situations.
- You will know how to have an influence as a „micro politician“ for the benefit the organisation and in dealing with power and micro policitics in general.
- You will learn how to react constructively to destructive power struggles.