Ep 78 – Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach – Power Mapping 101: A Compass Points the Way, but Your Power Map Gets You There

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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“A compass points you true north , but it’s got no advice about the swamps, deserts and chasms you’ll encounter along the way.” In this short episode of 97% Effective, Executive Coach Michael Wenderoth shares his Power Map, a powerful tool that helps you get promoted, get big things done, and not only survive – but thrive – in your company. He covers: 1) why and when to use it, 2) how to use it, step by step, and 3) brief examples. By the end of this episode, you'll be able to create your own Power Map to accelerate your career. Download his tool and make your own Power Map as you follow along in the episode, and you’ll leave with new insights and practical steps to advance at work.

•  POWER MAP Introduction: Why and When to use it
• Get practical: Download his Power Map tool and apply it to your own situation as you listen
• Context: When to use it in Michael’s 3-step framework “The Rock, the Map, the Snowball”
• 2 critical questions: How do you spend your time at work? With whom?
• “Strategy is a fancy way of what you say no to”
• The hard truth about how decisions are made in organizations
• Wisdom from Abraham Lincoln: What's the use of knowing True North?
• POWER MAP: How to use
• Step #1 (that most people can’t state clearly): What’s your Goal?
• Step #2: Which one person has the most power and influence to affect your goal?
• Step #3: List needs, backgrounds, connections
• How to harness “influence conduits” and “influence assets”
• “Being a detective”: What do you NOT know… and how can you find out?
• Step #4: Taking action
• POWER MAP: 3 examples
• Getting Promoted (Marta’s Power Map insight: getting critical senior people on her side, and where and how to provide value)
• Starting a New Role (Alex Power Map insight: getting hidden insight from an executive assistant, and the power of volunteer roles)
• Advancing a Cause (Greg’s Power Map insight: framing proposals in novel ways to secure key allies, and re-setting metrics)
• Additional situations where your Power Map will help you: Surviving a Reorganization, Leading Change, Making a Lateral Move.
• Additional Resources

 

BIO AND LINKS:

Michael Wenderoth is an Executive Coach that helps executives re-examine their assumptions about power, politics, and authenticity to get promoted, become more effective at work, and break glass ceilings holding them back. Having served 20 years in senior roles with companies across the globe, and then 7 years as a professional coach, he has helped accelerated the careers of clients from diverse industries, backgrounds, and levels of seniority, helping them get ahead – without having to sell their souls in the process. Michael is the award-winning author of Get Promoted, host of the 97% Effective career acceleration podcast, and a frequent speaker and media contributor on career advancement, leadership and navigating power and politics. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Stanford Business School Executive Education and IE Business School, where he collaborates with renowned professors, coaches, executives and experts. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University (3CP).

• Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelchangwenderoth/
• Download the FREE Power Map tool, on Michael’s website: https://changwenderoth.com/the-power-map/
• The Power Map, exampled in depth: Chapter 9, in Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74
• Summary of Michael’s 3-step Power framework (“The Rock, the Map and the Snowball”), in his Harvard Business Review article: https://hbr.org/2022/10/how-to-get-your-first-promotion
• Michael on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcwenderoth
• Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wenderoth.michael/
• Power Mapping, Sales and Key Account Management: Michael interviewed by Dr. Gary McGrath on Leading from the Front: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-wenderoth-power-promotion-what-is-holding-you-back/id1495849139?i=1000553405238
• Michael on Power and how to use it to Get Promoted, interviewed on Kevin Eikenberry’s Remarkable Leadership podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccupXIhRQDg
• Michael fills the gap on what we’re often told to do to get ahead – and what we actually need to do -- on Gayle Allen’s Curious Minds at Work podcast: https://www.gayleallen.net/cm-218-michael-wenderoth-on-how-to-get-promoted/
• Michael on Powerlessness and Power Mapping, on the Business Simplicity Podcast, interviewed by Chris Parker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqAEJv8vMMQ
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

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