All of the time I am consistently advocating that when you are working on the politics around your work, you need to put your emotional reactions to one side, at least while you are doing the intelligence gathering, analysis and making decisions.
This is critical because of the degree to which they can hamper clear thinking. By all means, bring the emotion back once you’ve made your decision, in a conscious and deliberate way.
Yet, you cannot deny your emotions either. Here are some important points I discussed with a coaching client last week that helps to make the emotions more manageable.
Resources on this Topic
- Do You Feel Violated by the Politics?
- I’m Right, You’re Wrong Influencing undercurrents.
- Attitudes to Politics and Influence https://www.learntoinfluence.com/attitudes-to-politics-and-influence/
- Reflections on Attitudes to Influence https://www.learntoinfluence.com/reflections-on-attitudes-to-influence/
- Politics: Necessary Evil or Waste of Time? https://www.learntoinfluence.com/politics-necessary-evil-or-waste-of-time/
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