Podcast Ep 4: How to do Office Politics Your Own Authentic Way, with Dessi Silassie

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for corporate women.

In Episode 4, “Doing ‘Office Politics’ In Your Own Authentic Way” with my fabulous guest, Dessi Silassie, Chief DEI  (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Officer at IHS Markit…

Dessi shares her beautiful, honest and vulnerable story about taking on a new leadership role where the team was tight and didn’t want their much-respected current manager to be replaced.

“I had two options,” Dessi says, “Option 1 was to come in strong and set out how the ‘new world’ would look: you can either get onboard with me or not. Or there was Option 2, which was to be vulnerable and let them know I understood that it was a difficult time – and difficult for them to accept me. I chose Option 2.”

 

 

Want to Learn How to Present an Authentic Leadership Style?

In this episode, Dessi and I chat about:

• What is authenticity?
• What are the layers of The Ego?
• How do you present an authentic leadership style, especially when under pressure?
• What happens when you ‘do’ office politics with an aggressive personal agenda?
• And an awful lot more!

Whoop! Let’s do this!

 

What Are Your Tips to Be An Authentic Leader?

I’d love to hear what you think about showing up authentically…

About building professional relationships authentically…

And how to reframe ‘office politics’ to make it ‘work’ better for you!

Share your comments in the box below!

 

Here’s something Dessi shared in today’s episode:

“Over the last 5 years of self-learning, I have learned that we are like onions – each with multiple layers to our identity – but it doesn’t mean that everyone gets to see all those layers. The reframe of ‘office politics’ is making genuine connections with people. That natural curiosity, that sincerity and authenticity helps you build relationships and you form alliances within your organisation.”  (Dessi Silassie, Guest on ‘Her Ambitious Career’ Podcast)

 

Next Week In The Podcast…

I am talking about how to make a positive impact, add value and get paid appropriately for your input.

It’s going to be a goodie! Make sure you tune in next Tuesday! We go live with a new episode every week. 🙂

And add Her Ambitious Career to your Spotify podcast library too! I don’t want you to miss a thing!

Rebecca x

Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious corporate women who want to land dream opportunities and thrive personally too. She loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated seismic pay rises or have moved into roles completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. Life is too short to settle for mediocrity at work!