Stakeholder management: Getting what you want at work, with Jasmin Guthmann

In this bonus episode, host Jasmin Guthmann shares advice for navigating stakeholder management, managing workplace politics, and overcoming fear of uncertainty and rejection - for going after what you want at work with confidence.

Show Notes

Jasmin Guthmann is Head of Corporate Communications at Contentstack and Vice President & Executive Board Member of the MACH Alliance. She's also an author, ironman triathlete, and host of People Changing Enterprises podcast. We cover:
- How to reframe 'workplace politics' for yourself and play the long game, to get what you want
- The art and value of self-promotion
- How to ask questions without coming off as a naysayer 
- When to take initiative and how to do it right

Timestamps:
1:14 Reframing "workplace politics" in a more useful way
3:11 The give-and-take of stakeholder management
4:33 The value of self-promotion (and how to do it right)
6:22 The power of asking questions (and how to do THAT right)
9:17 When - and how - to take initiative, without ruffling feathers
12:02 Dealing with fear, uncertainty, and rejection

What is People Changing Enterprises?

This is a show for status quo busters inside enterprises who are ready to make change happen. We: ask people who have transformed big businesses how they’ve done it through three lenses: technology, mindset, and strategy. You: get the roadmap to creating change inside your own enterprise.