Succeeding in Corporate Organizations

The corporate organization is not all together a villain.  Dreams can be achieved in the corporate organizations.  Purposes can be pursued while working in the corporate organizations. Accepted, corporate organizations have various dynamics that tend to frustrate us and grieve our spirits, but corporate organizations are like the sports playing field, you have to know your position in the play and how that contributes to the over team’s vision and objectives.   

While it is not a walk in the park, it is also not a lions den. Organizations are microcosms of the society and the world at large.

Understanding your organization and how you fit in is the key.  What do I mean by that?  Organizations are organisms with characteristics (seen and unseen) and each individual is an organism with characteristics (visible and invisible).  Success in organizations take two simultaneous trajectories and two key factors:

• Interactions with others

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• Tasks and activities

 Success involves delivering on both trajectories at high levels of competence.  Managing both trajectories can and do create tensions. This can be a maze.  This is where some people get lost in the process and are not able to reconcile the “tensions.” 

If you understand this, begin on time to develop your competence along these two trajectories, it becomes easier as you move toward the top.  Unfortunately, this does not just happen because you have read it here and know it, it happens because you have a roadmap, a developmental plan (just like a business plan) to achieve your desired objectives.    

Remember, there are more than one person for the position especially as you veer towards the top.  The competition gets stiffer. teams have tryouts too. But pause, take a deep breath here… there is nothing wrong with competition. Outside the walls of the organization there are competitions too.  

How you approach the competition, understand the competition, and manage the competition is what makes all the difference.  Success at this level involves leveraging your strengths and working with the organizational intelligence. It is not about slicing others’ throats. These are the two key factors.

I help mid-level managers, high potential professionals and emerging leaders develop necessary leadership competencies and behaviors to transition into C-suite. And help organizations grow future leaders and strengthen leadership bench.  

Have your eyes on moving into C-suite roles?  Want to be that leader your organization wants to keep?  Schedule a call today for a free exploratory session.