<description>&lt;p&gt;Tired of losing to more savvy players, a leader seeks to decode the secrets of playing politics, focusing particularly on company culture. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Download our free Political Style Chart &lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/EC-Political-Style.pdf'&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Handshake-Mastering-Politics-Business/dp/0385495285/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CW6VK4ESPHJG&amp;amp;keywords=the+secret+handshake+book&amp;amp;qid=1698629393&amp;amp;sprefix=the+secret+handshake%2Caps%2C136&amp;amp;sr=8-1'&gt;“The Secret Handshake”&lt;/a&gt; is a great tool for mastering workplace politics. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Looking for a transcript of the show?  &lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ec-238-leading-with-political-savvy-part-two.pdf'&gt;Read it here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;More tools are in our podcast library. This episode is in three categories:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=for-women'&gt;For Women&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=perception-how-you-perceive-others'&gt;Perception – how you perceive others&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/?_sft_post_tag=relationship-building'&gt;Relationship Building&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are five episodes to help develop your political savvy:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/boundaries/'&gt;188 - Boundaries&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/how-to-grow-your-self-management/'&gt;210 - How to grow your self-management&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/i-hate-politics/'&gt;67 - “I hate politics”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/the-mindful-executive/'&gt;142 - The Mindful Executive&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/your-goodwill-bank-account/'&gt;121 - Your Goodwill Bank Account&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our monthly Essential News email provides links to even more resources. &lt;a href='https://essentialcomm.com/newsletter/'&gt;Sign up here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Let us know how we can support you.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Happy, healthy, safe new year. I look forward to being with you all in 2024.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;From Tom and everyone at &lt;em&gt;The Look &amp;amp; Sound of Leadership, &lt;/em&gt;Happy New Year! And thanks!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Look & Sound of Leadership

Essential Communications - Tom Henschel

Leading with Political Savvy – Part 2

DEC 6, 202321 MIN
The Look & Sound of Leadership

Leading with Political Savvy – Part 2

DEC 6, 202321 MIN

Description

Tired of losing to more savvy players, a leader seeks to decode the secrets of playing politics, focusing particularly on company culture.

Download our free Political Style Chart here.

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



Looking for a transcript of the show?  Read it here.


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

For Women
Perception – how you perceive others
Relationship Building

Here are five episodes to help develop your political savvy:

188 - Boundaries
210 - How to grow your self-management
67 - “I hate politics”
142 - The Mindful Executive
121 - Your Goodwill Bank Account

Our monthly Essential News email provides links to even more resources. Sign up here.

Let us know how we can support you.

Happy, healthy, safe new year. I look forward to being with you all in 2024.

From Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership, Happy New Year! And thanks!