• Power: why some people have it and others don’t – Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. In this presentation he discusses why some people have power and some people don’t: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eFln_mdXGY
• The best way to play office politics – Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback, authors of Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, describe the three types of networks you need to succeed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGdRyPN3IRk

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