Office Politics For Managers

This practical leadership and management workshop develops knowledge, judgement and workplace application in office politics for managers. Participants explore good-practice principles, work through realistic examples and practise tools that can be adapted to their own roles and organisations.

The workshop emphasises active participation, reflection and transfer of learning. Facilitators can contextualise examples, exercises and discussion around the organisation's policies, industry, workforce and operating environment.

• Explain the key principles associated with reading organisational dynamics.
• Apply practical tools and techniques for stakeholders, influence and informal networks.
• Use professional visibility and credibility to support better workplace decisions and outcomes.
• Recognise common risks, barriers and good practices relating to managing conflict and competing interests.
• Develop a practical approach to ethical boundaries and authenticity that can be used after the workshop.

Supervisors, managers, team leaders, project leads and professionals preparing for greater leadership responsibility.

• Reading organisational dynamics
• Stakeholders, influence and informal networks
• Professional visibility and credibility
• Managing conflict and competing interests
• Ethical boundaries and authenticity
• Building alliances without manipulation