Can corporate politics be functional, productive, and positive?
Yes! You can succeed with integrity and authenticity, in a workplace culture that supports you, inspires your team, and fosters productivity and profit.
Tripping over political land-mines feels awful. It’s even more painful to watch your team, department, or organization fall prey to destructive politics. How can you find the traps before you and your people land smack in the middle?
People do not struggle and fail in their careers because of a lack of technical job knowledge. They fail because they don’t (or won’t) understand the skills of interpersonal politics — communication, understanding, negotiation, true leadership.
You admire the cool companies — winners of your city’s Best Places to Work awards, organizations featured in Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and BusinessWeek. You like your job (most of the time), but you also wish your company could be a little more like those places. But you don’t know what you can do to help that happen.
As a middle manager, a corporate officer, or a C-level executive, you know you have more to offer to yourself, your career, and your organization. But something about the corporate culture and the politics in your workplace holds you back. You can’t figure out what it is or what to do about it and it’s frustrating the livin’ daylights out of you.
Anything but “politics as usual.”
Hi. I’m Grace Judson. With over two decades in the corporate world, advancing to corporate officer rank in my mid-30s and to Senior Management not long after, I have extensive experience in dealing with corporate politics in companies large and small, public and private.
In my early years in the corporate world I swore I’d sacrifice my career before I’d “play politics” — and I almost did.
But then I learned what I teach now: that corporate politics can be fun, inspiring, and motivating when you act with integrity, compassion, and awareness.
And that you can create a thriving, creative, productive corporate culture — putting the fun back in functional for your career and for your organization.
How do you start?
Whether you’re looking for help for your organization or for yourself, you can start out by signing up for my free workbook, “The Five Deadly Shoulds of Office Politics that Maul, Mangle, and Murder Careers (and what to do about them).”
As a bonus, you’ll receive my biweekly Svaha Concepts newsletter, with simple, thought-provoking ideas about steps you can take today to bring your integrity, values, and heart to work with you.
Along the way, you just might find that you’re starting to create the sort of workplace culture that you and your co-workers can appreciate and enjoy — and within which you can succeed with integrity.
Wondering whether I can help you or your organization?
To learn more about the individuals who thrive with my approach, I invite you to look here.
If you’re wanting help for your team, department, or organization, look here to learn about the types of corporate challenges I love to tackle.
Of course, you’re welcome to contact me for more information at any time.