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Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Building RELATIONSHIPS Part 2

Class 5

Agenda

  • Define office politics
  • Practice giving constructive feedback

High RESPONSIBILITY, Low power

  • Increase political acumen
  • Share feedback effectively

Office Politics:
Strategies that people play to gain advantage, personally or for a cause they support

The ability to accurately perceive and judge the formal and informal factors that influence decesion making

Office Politics 101

  • Influence and power
  • Competition for resources
  • Can be positive or negative
  • Unavoidable 
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_85.htm

occur because people in the organization have different and competing interest. They need to figure out how to get their needs met.

Types Of Power In Workplace

  • Hard
  • Soft 

Hard Power

  • Coercive    
  • Reward
  • Legimate 
cocervie- power to punish (demotion, no raise, etc.) reward (promotion, better seat, office, etc.)

Soft Power

  • Referent 
  • Expert
  • Information 
referant (they like you and respect you)

knowledge of a situation

Information- access to valuable information

Hard Tactics

  • Upward Appeals 
  • Pressure
  • Legitimating
  • Coalition
  • Exchange 

Soft Tactics

  • Ingratiating
  • Rational Persuasion
  • Personal Appeals
  • Inspirational Appeals
  • Consultation

Move Clip:
What influence techniques do you recgonize in this clip?

How can I increase my Influence?

  • Develop an expertise and do your job successfully
  • Remap the organizational structure to identify influence
  • Build strong relationships and increase your social comptence
  • Ensure you are someone your co-workers can respect

How can I increase my Influence?

  • Develop an expertise and do your job successfully
  • Remap the organizational structure to identify influence
  • Build strong relationships and increase your social comptence
  • Ensure you are someone your co-workers can respect

How can I increase my INFLUENCE

  • Understand the true organizational priorites
  • Find a mentor/sponsor who is politically savvy  
look at where time, money and resources are invested , what gets funded, who gets hired, etc. where is time spent, what meetings, etc. how large is the department, who gets to meet with top leaders and how long to they meet

Giving Construcitve Feedback

Homework

  • Article:  Understanding the basics of project management
  • Article: Top 10 Tips For Running an Effective Meeting

KWL

  • What do you already know about project managment
  • What do you want to know about project management 
  • What did you learn today?