Episode 44

Even You Can Win at Power – with Michael Wenderoth

Career progress isn't just about how competent or hard-working you are.  It can require the ability to attain and exert power within organizations.  This is a scary thing because power tends to have a bad rap.  You might think you can't attain it, or you might not want to attain it.  As our guest Michael Chang Wenderoth explains, power is simply the ability to get your way in the face of opposition, and it's something that you can understand, unlock and use for your own benefit.  Wenderoth is the author of the new book, Get Promoted: What You're Really Missing at Work That's Holding You Back, which is a practical, intelligent guide to mastering power at work.  We discuss how capable people can end up stalling in their careers, how leadership literature might be encouraging you to do the wrong things, and why figuring out the how-to of workplace power can be particularly useful for women and people of color.  And also why saying you need to deal with workplace power to get ahead in your career would be uncontroversial in many other countries.  

Michael Chang Wenderoth
Michael's book:    Get Promoted: What You're Really Missing at Work That's Holding You Back
His article in Harvard Business Review, Great Leaders Embrace Office Politics
Twitter:  @mcwenderoth

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