Centre for General Management Development
Gaining Agreement - influence, politics and persuasion
A practical 2 day programme that develops political competence.
This programme will help you to develop constructive approaches to gaining commitment when differences and competing priorities threaten the need for action.
What will I get out of it?
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An understanding of why organisational politics happens and its centrality to effective leadership
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Knowledge about how to work with politics with integrity
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An insight about how to harness politics to ensure focussed and committed change management
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An improved ability to choose how you operate and lead in your business.
What is it about?
More than ever leaders need to recognise the important role that constructive politics plays in complex and successful organisations. They need to know how to harness, promote and address different interests effectively to ensure that critical individual contributions benefit rather than distract the business. This insight is applied to key leadership activities of change management, relationship building and teamwork.
Who is it for?
Any manager who is faced with managing competing agendas and priorities. It is relevant to any industry and organisation size.
Programme Directors
Dr Martin Clarke
Dr Catherine Bailey