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In today’s increasingly complex work structures ‘traditional’ skills are no longer sufficient to guarantee personal and corporate success, because Executives at all levels face ever greater challenges, in ever more demanding roles.

Research consistently shows that successful 21st century companies need their leaders to develop what has been described as the ‘missing competency’ of political intelligence™.

Being politically intelligent does not only mean developing an awareness of the political landscape within complex organisations, more specifically, it requires the behaviours, knowledge skills to manoeuvre political minefields and agendas, using best practice behaviours and techniques aimed at inclusively and positively delivering personal and organisational goals.

When asked for an opinion on the topic of organisational politics, most Executives typically respond giving a negative description. This is unfortunately a trend reinforced in the majority of books written on the subject, which often suggest manipulative or destructive strategies. Whereas to be politically intelligent actually requires the use of positive behaviours and practices !

In matrix and similarly complex structures the use of political behaviours increases, and, if left un-managed, the use of negative political behaviours can have a harmful or debilitating effect not only on an Executives performance, but also on team or business area performance.

The Executive political intelligence Coaching (EpiC) Profile ™ has been specifically designed for use by Coaches and Mentors to assist leaders at all levels within a dynamic and complex structure to become more politically savvy and astute, by enabling them to use positive political behaviours and techniques which will make them more politically influential.

The 36 item questionnaire enables Coaches and Mentors to determine an Executives political skill level across two dimensions, namely their degree of goal alignment and their level of political intelligence. Questionnaire scoring results in a unique profile being identified which enables Coaches and Mentors to work with their coachee to develop their political influencing capability.

The EpiC Profile™ contains the following features:

  • A 7 stage process that facilitates the development of political intelligence™
  • The political intelligence™ diagnostic
  • 10 political intelligence profiles with their corresponding interpretations
  • Pragmatic development options to improve an Executives political decision making processes and personal performance
  • An action plan to monitor and measure performance improvement

The 2 political intelligence™ licensing workshop provides experienced Executive Coaches and Mentors with the technical knowledge and process skills to successfully use the profile with their coaching clients. The content that is covered during licensing provides:

  • An understanding of what organisational politics is, and how it can positively or negatively impact an Executives performance
  • An overview of the research into, and the academic underpinning of, political intelligence™
  • An exploration of the 7 stage development process that creates higher levels of political intelligence™ in Executives
  • An understanding of how to administer the EpiC Profile™ questionnaire
  • An understanding of how to use additional materials included in EpiC™ to raise an Executives level of self-awareness
  • The Executive Coach with the capability to respond to a wide range of questions about political intelligence™
  • A complete set of notes and supporting materials

For information on how to become licensed to use the EpiC Profile™ with your clients, and to find locations and dates, click on the link below.