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[The Peterman Pod] The Unwritten Rules of Corporate Politics by Ethan Evans

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What really determines who gets promoted, who gets heard, and who gains influence inside an organization? In The Unwritten Rules of Corporate Influence, former Amazon Vice President Ethan Evans offers a candid look at the dynamics operating behind the org chart—from promotions and reorganizations to workplace politics, difficult managers, and the relationships that shape career progression. Drawing from his experience leading large organizations, Ethan explains how to recognize these unwritten rules and navigate them more effectively without losing sight of your professional values.

  • Understand how influence, soft power, and workplace politics really operate
  • Navigate promotions, reorgs, performance management, and career advancement
  • Build leverage, trusted relationships, champions, and influence without authority
  • Manage difficult leaders, advocate for yourself, and protect your career

Syllabus

How Org Politics Actually Works

  • Why Engineers Can't Ignore Politics
  • Empire Building & Headcount Thresholds
  • The Hidden Agenda In Reorganizations

Asking for What You Want

  • The Squeaky Wheel
  • The "My Career Is Important To Me" Script
  • Deal Making with Your Manager

Winning Scope

  • Scope Grabs And The "Polite Fiction"
  • Two Paths To The Top

When Reorgs Are Used on You

  • Why Nice People Get Stuck

Bad Managers and Leverage

  • How Mutiny Works
  • The Transfer Play

Influence Skills

  • Be Interpersonally Warm & Professionally Firm
  • Influence vs. Manipulation

Org vs. Org

  • Defending Your Org
  • Offense Tactics
  • Dealing With Difficult People In Other Orgs

Leading Up and Soft Power

  • Umbrella vs Funnel Managers
  • Creating Leverage and Owning Your Agency
  • Backchanneling
  • Outsized Influence From Ideas

Firings, Layoffs and Exits

  • The Hidden Reasons People Get Fired
  • How Bad Managers Get Managed Out
  • Your Leverage When You're Being Let Go

Promotions

  • Breaking The Plateau
  • Building Trust & Likeability
  • Recruiting Champions & What's In It For Them
  • You Can't Be Promoted Over Your Manager's Objection

Conclusion

  • Minimizing Politics
  • Closing Advice- Relationships Control Your Progress

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