Winning at Office Politics

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Winning at Office Politics

• Without Selling Your Soul

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The Key to Being Liked

• Make people feel good about themselves
• Give earned praise
• Empathize
• Allow them to save face

3
Getting Your Due

• Send drafts to others for input
• At meetings, make a powerful penultimate
  suggestion
• Have an elevator speech ready

4
Cultivating Key Allies

• Identify your Influentials
• Identify their hot buttons
• Help them get what they want
• Solicit their counsel
• Only after youve established a relationship,
  can you ask for much.