Positive Politics: How to Exert Influence Without Losing Your Soul or Shooting Yourself in the Foot

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When you think of politics in the workplace, what is the first thing that comes to mind?   For most people it is the negative stereotype of ham-handed power plays, sellouts, and backstabbing.  But politics doesn’t have to be that way. 

In this half-day program, you’ll learn a different approach, a proven approach based on more positive techniques.

Code: COM174,  CEUs: 0.4, UoP: Combinable

Length:  One 6-hour session

Instructor:  Gangi

Who should attend: Any employee from any level of the organization who would like to acquire and use power ethically.

Benefits:

• Exert power and influence in ethical, honorable ways.

• Increase the chance of getting your way without damaging relationships or being thrown out of the game.

• Become a more valuable team member.

• Increase job satisfaction and career options.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Define the term “workplace politics.”

• Identify workplace decisions that motivate “political” responses.

• Distinguish between positive and negative workplace politics.

• Identify your preferred interaction style.

• Explain how to “flex” your preferred interaction style to increase the likelihood of successful communication.

• Discuss how to ethically obtain and use “power” to influence workplace change.

• Describe how to reduce resistance to your ideas by fence sitters, opponents, fellow travelers, and adversaries.

• Create a Workplace Change Plan^TM that reflects positive political strategies.

Program Outline:

1. Politics

   1. Politics defined

   2. Decisions that motivate political responses

   3. Distinguishing between positive and negative political behaviors

2. Principles

3. Proficiency

   1. Style preferences: interaction style and learning style

   2. Style flexing for improved communication

4. Power

   1. The six types of power

   2. Power: how to get it and use it -- ethically

5. Planning: Creating the workplace change plan

   1. Analyze the situation

   2. Build support by reducing resistance

   3. Prepare an action plan

   4. Implement

   5. Evaluate the results

BRING THIS TRAINING TO YOUR SITE!

Any AGTS class can be customized and brought on-site to your organization.

For more information on this option call 480-967-7544, x3 (800-970-1270, x3 outside the Phoenix Metro area) or email Custom Training Specialist.

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