What if avoiding organizational politics is actually preventing you from leading effectively?

In this episode of LeadershipSOPs, Ed Tyson challenges the idea that great leaders can simply ignore office politics and focus on their own teams. Leadership requires influencing the broader community of people whose support, effort, information, or approval is necessary for success.

Ed introduces stakeholder engagement as a critical leadership discipline and breaks it into three practical steps: stakeholder assessment, engagement planning, and managing the engagement itself.

He also explains how leaders can intentionally build trust through four essential layers: credibility, consistency, confidence, and caring. Rather than asking stakeholders for trust before earning it, leaders must create relationships that demonstrate competence, reliability, confidence, and character over time.

The takeaway is clear: Your team is not enough. Great leadership requires building trust and influence across the entire community of people needed to accomplish the mission.

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