Organisational Savvy

Politics operates at all levels of organisations. Recent corporate scandals (Enron/Barings) highlight the dangers of politics without integrity. Handling internal and external politics successfully has a massive impact on business, careers, bottom line and reputation.

The leaders and managers within your organisation are the stewards of the company's resources, profitability and reputation. Being politically savvy will enable them to ethically navigate organisational politics and build high-integrity political relationships in today's marketplace.

Despite excellent skills and results, many employees and managers are victims of behind the scenes forces that negatively impact their credibility. For many reasons, individuals are prone to shy away from politics, and are often naïve about how it works. In today's market they can no longer afford the view that simply doing a good job will speak for itself, there needs to be a strategy for promoting ideas and preventing negative interference.

MaST are pleased to be able to offer you the opportunity to increase your political skills on a 2 day programme designed with Dr Rick Brandon, author of the Harvard bestseller 'Survival of the Savvy'.

	Learning objectives: As a result of this programme, you will: Understand the dangers of having political blind spots Recognise that politics is a key part of success in your job and career Understand different political power styles - their strengths and risks Develop practical non-manipulative strategies for political influencing Be able to present your ideas with credibility and powerful impact Increase your awareness of how politics works and change any negative attitudes Detect deception, unethical behaviour and sabotage, and manage it effectively Develop your skills in ethical lobbying Build high-integrity political skills

	Benefits to your company: Better protection against backlash impact of negative politics (people leaving/ good ideas being lost etc.) Greater cross-company team building, learning and collaboration for success Less visible, and highly technical areas like e.g. HR/Finance/IT being able to promote themselves better and increase profile in the business Positive impact on Diversity groups, ensuring that minority groups can overcome invisible barriers and blocks Better channels of communication and less tension between departments Developing the leadership pipeline

	Benefits to your team: Gain a higher corporate profile and improve your team image Improved interaction within the team Greater cross-functional collaboration to achieve corporate goals Team ideas and needs are recognised, accepted and implemented within the organisation Greater ability to talk about difficult or taboo subjects openly and constructively to resolve them rapidly

	Benefits to you as an individual: Develop a strategic approach to influencing key decisions about your job and your career Improved career and project success through increased recognition and reward Greater influence and impact within the organisation Less likely to be a victim of sabotage, more likely to manage unethical behaviour effectively Develop this critical leadership competency for future roles

Key Topics:

MaSTering Fast Change

Removing core blocks to enable you to rapidly implement change.

Our clients tell us their worlds are in constant turmoil; relationships are increasingly complex; there is increasing need for innovation and differentiation to remain competitive; and pressure on margins forces constant cost control. At the same time there is increasing need for simplicity, consistency and coherence.

As leaders and managers we can neither run nor hide. A key part of our roles is to respond rapidly to continuous, fast change. This workshop is not about decision-making or predicting change; it is about adapting at a moments notice and continuously implementing rapid change.

By helping you to overcome core blocks, we will equip you with ideas and robust techniques for MaSTering rapid change. We will also enable you to develop strategies for sustaining personal and team resourcefulness throughout on-going change.

Your Learning Journey

• Uncovering your hidden metaphors for implementing change: Making fast change possible
• Four essential components of the fast change process: Understanding a robust model developed from
• Tipping Point Leadership by Kim and Mauborgne
• Overcoming thinking blocks: Engaging hearts and minds
• Flowing past resource blocks: Rethinking use and waste of resources
• Navigating impetus blocks: Putting the spotlight on your kingpins who will take people with them
• Anticipating and reducing sabotage blocks: Detecting and dealing with deception and resistance
• Enhancing personal, team and organisational resourcefulness for ongoing change: Collaborating with each other to drive change from the heart of your organisation

MaSTer Manager

Evoking excellence by recognising and capitalising on team member's uniqueness.

To become effective as a manager you need to continually develop in three core areas:

• Technical skills and knowledge
• Process skills for efficient organisation, co-ordination and monitoring
• People skills for growing and empowering people

To meet your teams base expectation, you need well developed technical and process skills, but to have ongoing day to day impact, you need great people skills.

MaSTer Manager enables you to practice and acquire essential people and process skills. Your people will be fully engaged in their work, leading to improved performance and satisfaction.

Your Learning Journey

• Adding value as a manager: Challenging you to manage
• Team working skills for you and your team: Learning from experience
• Motivating for results: Exploring beliefs and behaviours to motivate yourself and others
• Prioritising your time: Finding time to manage and learning to push back
• Delegating for the long term: Uncovering your barriers and practicing a comprehensive 5 step strategy
• Adapting your management style: Appreciating your preferences and understanding the readiness of your people
• Managing individual performance

- Clarifying expectations and standards
- Refining questioning and listening skills for supporting and challenging individuals
- Precise observation and effective feedback
- Handling a performance gap: Exploring a range of internal and external causes

• Growing your people using coaching: Clarifying what it is and what it is not. Practicing to embed the skill
• Influencing difficult conversations: Suspending judgement and understanding each other for ongoing collaboration
• Harnessing the diversity and energy of the team: Recognising and using the unique strengths of your people