Tune in to Episode 6 of the Courageous Conversations podcast, brought to you by Erickson Coaching International

Episode 6: Navigating Office Politics

Do you cringe at the idea of office politics? Turn a blind eye? As a leader, office politics are often seen as unpleasant, unfair and an unnecessary distraction from "real work". But...what if you could use office politics to your benefit?

This Courageous Conversation takes a closer look at what office politics really are and suggests a completely new way to view them- along with practical ways to play politics without sacrificing your principles.

Whether you're a seasoned leader or new to a management role, you simply can't afford to ignore office politics.

Join our discussion around:

-What office politics actually are

-What being politically intelligent entails, and why it's so important

-Navigating office politics effectively and ethically

-How to use politics to advance your career, benefit your team and build the organisation

Niven Postma has held executive positions since she was 29, in a career that has spanned multiple sectors and roles. Before starting up her own consultancy and embarking on her PhD in Organisational Behaviour, her positions included: CEO of the Businesswomen’s Association, Head

of the South African Reserve Bank Academy and Head of Leadership and Culture for the Standard Bank Group (the largest bank by assets in Africa).

Having started her career as a strategy consultant, she now works as a strategy, leadership and culture advisor for global clients in industries as diverse as financial and professional services, retail, media, transport and manufacturing.

Niven is the author of If you don’t do Politics, Politics will do you, is a Harvard Business Review and Inc. contributor, a part time tutor at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and has been invited to be a guest lecturer at Stanford University. She is an expert facilitator on women’s leadership development programmes around the world and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Cotlands, an NGO that for 87 years has done cutting edge work in the Early Childhood Development sector in South Africa and beyond.

Niven Postmas

Strategist, Harvard Business Review contributor, Author of If you don’t do Politics, Politics will do you

Hosted by

Louise Hendey

CEO Erickson Coaching International

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