Organizational Savvy

Navigating Power and Perception to Advance with Integrity

In many organizations, success isn’t determined by competence alone.

Even the most capable professionals can find themselves overlooked, undervalued, or misunderstood—not because of a lack of skill, but because they haven’t learned how to navigate the unwritten rules of influence inside their organization.

To get traction for your ideas, to earn visibility, and to grow your career, you need more than competence—you need awareness. Awareness of power dynamics, of informal networks, and of how perception shapes opportunity.

This module reshapes how participants think about power and politics—not as something to avoid, but as something to navigate strategically and ethically.

We help teams recognize where influence lives, how visibility gets built, and what it takes to champion ideas inside complex systems—without compromising trust or values.

Through discussions and hands-on practice this module helps your team safeguard against:

  • Being underestimated – Learn how to project presence, communicate your contributions, and increase the perceived value of your expertise.

  • Having ideas dismissed – Understand how to build the right coalitions, position ideas for buy-in, and engage stakeholders before key conversations.

  • Losing visibility – Develop strategies to stay top-of-mind with decision-makers, contribute visibly across functions, and avoid being sidelined.

  • Missing promotions – Identify how advancement decisions are made in your organization and ensure your work—and potential—is being seen by the right people.