“Many promising executives derail sometime during their careers, often because they weren’t very good at office politics…Being politically savvy is not about pushing others down or being untruthful to advance your own cause. Instead, it means building networks—relationships—with people inside and outside your company who can provide useful information and assistance. “ – Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
For this reason, we combined Office Politics and Networking Skills together to help you become savvy in handling office politics and build meaningful relationships for your career progression.
Office Politics and Networking Skills – How to Guides
- Working with an Incompetent Colleague – When and How to Escalate
- Office Politics – Should I leverage it to further my career?
- Three Unexpected Benefits from “Talking to the Duck”
- How to Work Smart – Take Action, Self-Promote, and Network
- How to Ask Someone to be Your Mentor – Dos and Donts
- Career Success – When Is the Best Time to Network
- How to Network Effectively – A Simple Framework to Take Action
- 5 Success Tips for College Graduates – What I Wish I Knew
- How to Network with Senior Executives – 5 Tips
- Networking – How to Find the Next Career Opportunity
- Secret to Networking Well – Follow 1 Simple Rule
- How to Network without Using Small Talk – 5 Tips
Office Politics and Networking Skills – Real Stories
- How to Deal with Office Politics – 5 Tips
- How to Handle Office Gossip
- Someone Took Credit for Your Work – What to Do
- What NOT to Do on LinkedIn – Three Key Tips
- Farewell Letter to Coworkers – A Great Example
- A Necessary Skill For Every Senior Executive
- How to Keep Your Job During Massive Layoffs
- Mid Career Change – 4 Tips on How to Do it
- Soft Skills – How Nadia Handled Her Sudden Layoff
- How to Return to My Old Employer
- Example of Networking Emails that Worked
- How to Network for a Job
Office Politics and Networking Skills – Workouts
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Best wishes to your career success! Work smart and achieve more!
Lei