Professional knowledge and skills are not always sufficient in order to obtain results. Knowing how to position yourself and your project ideas, create alliances and exert a positive influence to generate results — this is being politically savvy and it can be taught!
Consolidate your ability to make a political assessment of your organization and navigate it
Make a preliminary map of your political network
Evaluate the personal levers of influence
Develop your capacity to exert influence in relation to your ideas and projects
Contents
Definition of political savvy
Knowledge of your environment
Issues/directions/priorities
Formal and informal rules
Knowledge of the actors
The political network
Definition and mapping
Development and maintenance practices for your network
Managing rumours and your image
The importance of managing your image
The three types of rumours
Practices to manage your image and leave an impact
Political styles
Two styles: promotion of ideas and content, and the emphasis on people and their concerns
Dangers of extreme positions
Develop your capacity to adapt
Levers and influence peddling
Personal power, credibility and visibility
Approaches to influencing
Methodology: analyze actors and select influence method
Surround yourself with the best
Florence Jacob
Trainer
As a holder of a double bachelor's and master's degree in management from HEC Montréal, Florence has accumulated nearly 10 years of experience as a consultant and specialist in organizational development. Her career in parapublic, public and private organizations has allowed her to perfect her expertise in coaching and leader development. Promoting knowledge sharing and managerial skills transferring is at the heart of her approaches as a consultant. Florence is known as a committed partner. Her support type is dynamic, structured and oriented towards an opened and transparent communication.
Vanessa Deschênes
Trainer
As a trainer, facilitator and coach, Vanessa is known to be an actor of change, as well as a caring and mobilizing leader who is not afraid to think outside the box. She has more than 15 years of experience in consulting and management roles and has held major positions. Vanessa is recognized for her ability to popularize complex subjects and to make everything practical, which makes her an excellent communicator.
Pierre Ouellette
Coach & organisation and cultural transformation trainer
Business psychologist certified in organisation, holding an MBA and having worked in Europe (France, Germany and Finland), Pierre Ouellet is a valued partner in diversity in several international organisations. With a specialized background in international management and cultural transformation, Pierre is your facilitator of choice for the progression of your talents!
Zaida Bibiana Mangones Matos
Trainer
Zaida is a dynamic and highly qualified trilingual trainer, facilitator and coach that is considered as catalyst for individual and collective transformational processes.
Not only is she graduated as a certified coach from the Edgenda/Mozaik Coaching School, but she also holds a major in career development (UQAM), a 2nd cycle university degree in epidemiology and an undergraduate medical doctorate from outside of Quebec. She is known for positive energy, her systemic vision, the quality of her presence and her ability to create bonds of trust.
Kathleen Sears
Trainer, Coach, Leadership Consultant
A trainer, coach, and senior consultant for over 20 years, Kathleen Sears has solid experience in the implementation and delivery of training programs and as a training and organizational development coach. As a bilingual trainer at AFI Expertise, she has trained several thousand people primarily in management skills development, leadership, communication, and customer service.
Janet Lough
Trainer
Janet Lough is a skilled, dynamic, authentic trainer, facilitator, and bilingual coach. She has over 25 years of knowledge and experience in management, training, communication, operations, strategy, and leadership in the non-profit sector and in entrepreneurship. This enables her to better understand her client’s business reality.
Jean-Claude Silva
Trainer
Trainer, coach and senior advisor for more than 15 years, Jean-Claude Silva has a solid experience as a trainer and coach in training and organizational development. As an approved trainer and certified professional coach, he guides, among other things, high-level managers in their decision-making. Jean-Claude is a competent and effective communicator, able to get in touch with people of all levels and help them achieve their goals.
