Help managers and individual contributors navigate office politics to better work for a demanding boss.
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Type: Video activity
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Topic: Office politics
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Audience: Experienced managers, Individual contributors, and New managers
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Group Size: 4 - 12
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Duration: 20 - 30 minutes
Intro & set up
“To help us learn about navigating office politics, I’m going to play a short video about how an experienced manager learned to work for a demanding boss. After that, I’ll ask the group a few questions to see what we can learn from his experience.”
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Discussion questions
- What do you think about Grayson’s approach with his new manager from the perspective of office politics?
- What might his results have been if he’d been less successful in delivering what the manager wanted?
- Is there someone in your office with whom this approach is needed?
- Have you ever worked for a demanding boss and faced the political issue of having to manage that relationship?
- What was the experience like?
- What made it more (or less) successful than it might have been otherwise?
- What might you do differently if you were in a similar situation again?
If you want help preparing to facilitate this activity, check out our article: How to facilitate a group discussion.
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