Find your allies
Know who’s on your side. Have lunch with them. Buy them a coffee occasionally....
Read Machiavelli
You should read Machiavelli if you want to understand politics in organisations. Pause here...
Look for patterns
The world around you is telling you some interesting things. Find the patterns. And...
Look for examples
If you have a hunch that something is true (a person is doing you...
Stopping the whine
Listening to complaining literally damages people’s brains. It takes away neurons from the hippocampus....
Know the big picture in your department
If your boss and their boss have a vision that’s written down, get a...
Know your client’s buttons
Once you have a working hypothesis for who your boss is, go across the...
Know how you fit in
You need a 30 second speech about where you fit in. By who you...
Your boss cares, OK
"My boss doesn’t care about me" is one of the biggest cop outs in the...
What’s their intention?
Most important people are busy – don’t imagine malign intention when incompetence will explain...