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- Accredited by: CiQCPD Qualification Standards
- Certificates:
- Course delivery: This course is delivered in video format
Course details
Course DetailsNavigating office politics is an unavoidable part of professional life, especially for managers and leaders. The Office Politics for Managers: Strategies to Lead and Succeed course provides the practical tools, communication skills, and strategic insights needed to successfully lead teams, gain influence, and maintain ethical integrity in complex workplace environments.
From handling gossip and rumors to dealing with diverse personalities and managing conflict, this course empowers managers to stay professional while building strong, respectful relationships across all levels of the organization. You’ll learn how to boost your influence, align stakeholders with your projects, and maintain credibility — all while avoiding common political pitfalls.
Whether you’re a new team leader or an experienced manager aiming to navigate power dynamics more effectively, this course will equip you with proven strategies to lead with confidence, tact, and professionalism.
Course Curriculum
Module One: New Hires
- Managing first impressions
- Integrating new employees effectively
- The role of managers in shaping team culture
- Building political intelligence
- The power of relationships in leadership
- Influence vs. authority
- Understanding how information spreads
- Addressing misinformation professionally
- Protecting your team and reputation
- Identifying personality types
- Dealing with dominant or passive-aggressive behaviors
- Emotional intelligence in leadership
- Navigating egos, allies, and rivals
- Collaborating with difficult coworkers
- Managing up and across
- Building alliances and getting buy-in
- Communicating project vision and value
- Influencing stakeholders effectively
- Early intervention and resolution strategies
- Neutralizing tensions professionally
- Mediation techniques for managers
- Staying ethical under pressure
- Managing confidential or sensitive information
- Modeling integrity in leadership
- The importance of collaboration
- Recognizing interdependence in teams
- Sharing credit and fostering trust
- Navigating informal settings with professionalism
- Setting boundaries
- Strengthening workplace relationships without overstepping
- Practical, expert-designed training for real-world leadership
- Engaging video lessons and workplace scenarios
- Study anytime, anywhere on mobile or desktop
- Instant assessments and UK-recognised certification
- Eligibility for NUS Extra Discount Card
- Continuous support via email, 24/7
Eligibility / Requirements
Eligibility/Requirements
- No prior management experience required
- Ideal for supervisors, team leaders, and aspiring managers
- Basic understanding of workplace dynamics helpful
- Suitable for all industries and sectors
Job roles this course is suitable for:
Team Leader , Department Supervisor , Office Manager , Operations Manager , HR CoordinatorAbout John Academy
John Academy is best known for offering awarding body accredited online courses that are available for anyone who wishes to acquire a certification and take their professional life to the next level. As an online course provider, we are aware of the fact that there are a lot of people out there who consider themselves to be very curious learners but the courses that they are interested in are not available at their convenient time and place. So, we have decided to give them a unique opportunity for them to learn and obtain necessary skills in a very convenient way at any time from anywhere.
Who We Are
We are an online course provider who wants to make sure that the students would be able to learn everything there is a need for them to learn regarding the course that they have enrolled in on our site. So, we see to it that they would be provided with the highest possible standard of online learning. That way, students would be able to use it in the real world – the employment world and at their desired field of interests.
Certification
After you have successfully passed the test, you will be able to obtain an Accredited Certificate of Achievement. You can however also obtain a Course Completion Certificate following the course completion without sitting for the test. Certificates can be obtained either in hard copy at a cost of £39 or in PDF format at a cost of £24.
PDF certificate's turnaround time is 24 hours and for the hardcopy certificate, it is 3-9 working days.
