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Chapter 4 Narratives of political skill, strategy and action Introduction This chapter reports the findings of the narrative interview study that investigated the perceptions, experiences and reported practices of acquiring and using political skill in the implementation of health and care system change. This chapter d... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.438 | 0.702 | ["leadership", "strategy", "interview", "education", "philosophy"] | 511 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.225472 | [
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different change agendas, and the experiences of acquiring and developing political skills are reported in Chapter 6 . The interview study was informed by the findings of the preceding literature reviews described in Chapter 3 and focused on a number of underdeveloped issues. First, how participation in organisational ... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.641 | 0.828 | ["philosophy", "interview", "education"] | 449 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.226417 | [
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over and above individual skill or capabilities. Second, how political strategies and actions are conditioned by actors’ social position within the wider structures and cultures of care organisations. Third, how organisational politics could be manifest through group actions as much as individual behaviours. Narratives... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.439 | 0.844 | ["innovation", "social_justice", "philosophy"] | 511 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.226585 | [
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ciated with macrolevel policy or regulation (e.g. commissioning and dissolution of Strategic Health Authorities). Although there were substantive and stylistic variations between participants’ narratives, a number of common features were identified. As a result of the types of interview questions asked, narratives tend... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.432 | 0.82 | ["strategy", "interview"] | 416 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.226746 | [
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that was in some sense regarded as controversial. The terms ‘controversial’ and ‘controversy’ are used to highlight how health-care ‘politics’ is commonly described in terms of differing views and preferences of stakeholders, rather than the inherent features of a given change agenda. To illustrate, a quality improveme... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.499 | 0.854 | [] | 512 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.227436 | [
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f influence and power, as well as the local cultures that conditioned a given change process and shaped responses to change. When elaborating the substance of the event, participants usually focused on the actions (or roles) played by key people or protagonists who held competing preferences and agendas, and which guid... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.569 | 0.866 | ["economy"] | 512 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.227650 | [
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hey could unite or divide people around a given change agenda. Through focusing on the activities and strategies of these protagonists, participants elaborated different types and forms of political skill, which are the main focus of this chapter. As explained below, participants’ accounts went beyond describing indivi... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.602 | 0.844 | ["strategy", "economy", "philosophy"] | 512 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.227734 | [
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that were manifest in the context-specific and turn-taking interactions. This distinction is important because it emphasises a conceptual difference between a ‘skill’ as some form of acquired capability or potential to engage in political behaviour, a ‘strategy’ as the judgement and acquired insight from which to make ... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.466 | 0.692 | ["strategy", "decision_making", "philosophy"] | 477 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.228419 | [
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iour, especially through interacting with others. A preliminary observation is that political skills, strategies and actions were rarely described in formulaic or systematic ways. Although participants might have presented their narratives in relatively linear or sequential stages, there was little sense that people us... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.41 | 0.816 | ["philosophy"] | 412 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.228528 | [
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on of actions to bring about an expected outcome. Instead, organisational politics were presented as highly dynamic, contingent and iterative, involving high degrees of trial and error and adaptation in the context of relational feedback. This chapter proceeds by describing these ‘skills, strategies and actions’ across... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.462 | 0.854 | ["crisis"] | 512 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.228622 | [
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data organised according to the thematic coding are provided in Appendix 4 . TABLE 9 Thematic summary of political skills, strategies and actions Self and interpersonal style The first theme describes the personal and interpersonal qualities that are commonly associated with political skill and action. These qualities ... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.551 | 0.858 | ["philosophy", "strategy"] | 512 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.229270 | [
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empathy for other people, so maybe emotional intelligence, linked in with leadership, but I think that they overlap because of that motivation, that drive and determination, that self-awareness, that being open to feedback, because if you’re comfortable with yourself, and knowing your own strengths and weaknesses, then... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.67 | 0.686 | ["leadership", "management", "motivation", "war_conflict"] | 448 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.229432 | [
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a team, trying to play to everybody’s strengths. WP2-37 Many participants described the importance of ‘self-belief’. This was described in three ways: first, with participants’ belief in their personal motives or intent for acting politically, that is ‘doing the right thing’; second, with participants having confidence... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.481 | 0.844 | ["management"] | 491 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.229515 | [
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ed despite resistance, that is ‘being resilient’. Alignment between these different aspects would create the conditions for engaging in politics, whereas a misalignment could, for some, discourage political action: I want to do the right thing but I do not have the skills to deal with a given issue. Participants descri... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.522 | 0.854 | ["leadership"] | 484 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.229585 | [
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course’ or wait for the ‘windows of opportunity’. In some cases, change was depicted as a ‘war of attrition’, in which personal and emotional losses had to be weathered. Accordingly, being resilient and having perseverance were seen as essential personal qualities for engaging in organisational politics. Participants d... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.582 | 0.838 | ["management", "war_conflict"] | 476 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.229660 | [
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ght also be labelled as ‘emotional intelligence’. 146 First, it was described as important to effectively appraise the emotional mood surrounding a given change agenda, which relates closely to the ability to read the political landscape (see Strategic awareness and thinking ). This suggests that change (and the respon... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.551 | 0.844 | ["strategy", "decision_making", "ethics", "war_conflict"] | 487 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.229775 | [
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eople’s deeply held beliefs, values and emotions. For this reason, change often involves anticipating for emotional responses to change: So, it’s being aware of your own personality, again, which comes back to emotional intelligence, it comes back to your political influence small ‘p’ because of your interpersonal infl... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.411 | 0.85 | ["communication", "management", "ethics", "war_conflict", "philosophy"] | 496 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.230352 | [
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managing the presentation of their own emotions. The ability to appear empathetic with those struggling with change, for example, was seen to be important for maintaining positive relationships and minimising resistance. In other ways, limiting one’s emotional responses could project a more professional demeanour to sh... | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/n/ukhsdr1011/s4/ | Narratives of political skill, strategy and action - NCBI - NIH | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | public_domain | false | 0.373 | 0.85 | ["management", "communication", "strategy", "networking", "career"] | 510 | Navigating Organizational Politics Leadership | topic | 2026-04-13T15:54:25.230431 | [
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