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Leadership Caffeine™:When Playing Office Politics Leave the Playground Tactics Behind

by Art Petty | Oct 23, 2012 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change

There’s no hiding from, denying or deftly side-stepping the reality that the political game…the pursuit of resources, budgets and yes, even power, is in full swing just about all of the time in most organizations. It’s too bad that most people are playing it wrong. In...

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