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Stakeholder management: Getting what you want at work, with Jasmin Guthmann

February 1, 2023 / 16:16 / E19
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Jasmin Guthmann is Head of Corporate Communications at Contentstack and Vice President & Executive Board Member of the MACH Alliance. She's also an author, ironman triathlete, and host of People Changing Enterprises podcast. We cover:
- How to reframe 'workplace politics' for yourself and play the long game, to get what you want
- The art and value of self-promotion
- How to ask questions without coming off as a naysayer 
- When to take initiative and how to do it right

Timestamps:
1:14 Reframing "workplace politics" in a more useful way
3:11 The give-and-take of stakeholder management
4:33 The value of self-promotion (and how to do it right)
6:22 The power of asking questions (and how to do THAT right)
9:17 When - and how - to take initiative, without ruffling feathers
12:02 Dealing with fear, uncertainty, and rejection

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