Games People Play

Class Length 1/2 – 1 Day
Prerequisites: None

Overview

One of the most challenging aspects of any working situation is how people deal with politics. Politics occur in any group where there are more than two people; therefore there are no situations where they can be avoided. Many times, politics are viewed as a necessary evil. But, it does not have be that way.

Politics could be used to forward your career and help you achieve your goals. "Games People Play," teaches you a method to be successful in almost any political environment without changing who you are or sacrificing your principles.

The Problem

Teams always seem to be in conflict and can’t complete even the simplest of tasks completed without a great deal of emotional energy expended.

People use politics as reasons for failures of projects and initiatives when that is not the case.

Good employees cannot seem to grasp the cultural aspects of the organization, always bucking against the system instead of working within it to get things done.

Our Solution
To Learn...

• The methodology to determine the “Game” that your team or organization falls within and the rules that make people successful.
• Keys to being successful in any political environment.
• Systematic approach to uncovering your own working style and how to fit that in your organization/team to achieve your goals.
• How to create and find roles within your organization to fit your working style.

Course Outline

Module 1: Uncover the truth about politics in corporations. Discuss trends in the workplace and how they impact the individual.

Module 2: Understand the "Games People Play," methodology “Finding success in office politics without sacrificing who you are.”

Module 3: Determining the type of organization/team you work in, the rules that apply to that “game” and how to be successful in them.

Module 4: Revealing the approach to uncovering your own working style and how to fit that into your organization/team to achieve your goals.

Module 5: Creating roles within your organization to fit your working style.

Module 6: Generating a plan to put the "Games People Play," learning into action