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To advance organizational objectives, politically skilled leaders form
coalitions to secure their power bases and to protect their occupancy of
powerful, central positions in the organization. The most powerful of these
coalitions is called dominant coalitions,
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and wields the greatest power in
the organization.
Politically skilled/savvy individuals share some important performance
characteristics, summarized in Figure4.13.
The main trick of politics is to make it appear rational and in the best
interest of the organization (not the political actor). In addition, poli ...