Political Savvy is the ability to maximize and leverage relationships in order to achieve organizational , team , and individual goals
Leaders with political savvy can use their political skills to successfully meet their organization’s leadership challenges and improve the performance and productivity of their team.
Governor Ugwuanyi (Mr Fulfilment ) is a political savvy leader who understands both mindset and skillset. He views politics as a neutral and necessary part of organizational life that can be used constructively and ethically to advance aims of Enugu state people.
As a political savvy, Governor Ugwuanyi displays high levels of integrity, authenticity, sincerity and genuineness in attending to people.
He is honest, open, and forthright. He inspires trust and confidence. He is being genuine with everyone even the strangers.
Mr Fulfilment as a political savvy, has an impulse control. He thinks before he speaks. He considers the context and goals before taking decision when and how to express himself. He prefers to choose his people’s battles wisely and size up situations before deciding on how to present ideas to others. Remember leaders who actually consider whether or not to voice a thought or a feeling and who are thoughtful about the timing and presentation of what they have to say, are less likely to derails their careers.
He pays close attention to non-verbal cues. He practices active listening.
He considers how others feel and finds ways to appeal to the common goods. He creates positive outcomes for himself and others.
Governor Ugwuanyi enhances his leadership effectiveness with people, even at work. He learns to network effectively. He knows how to build friendships and beneficial working relationships through garnering support, negotiating, and managing conflict. Ugwuanyi knows how to leverage others to obtain the needed resources to accomplish both personal and people oriented-tasks.
Mr Fulfilment reciprocates kind gestures. Unlike some politicians, Governor Ugwuanyi is not always overtly political. He plays the political game fairly and effortlessly.. He shows gratitude to people who display good deeds. Few people, very few leaders regularly say thank you as appreciation for kind gestures. As a good christian, Ugwuanyi better understands that being thankful can make people better leaders, and that gratitude can lead to high self-esteem, reduced depression and anxiety and better sleep.
He hones his powers of perception. He reads people’s non verbal behaviours and intuitively sense the motivations of others. Gburugburu, being more perception of himself and others in social situations, improves his self awareness and better interpret others behaviours.
He exerts interpersonal influence on others thereby building strong interpersonal relationships through establishing good rapport, communicating well, and getting others like him.
Governor is a leader that shows empathy towards his direct reports. He treats people with respect on a daily basis.
He is a courageous man. Rather than avoiding problems or allowing conflict to fester, as a courageous leader, instead, it enables him step up and move things in the right direction.
Ugwuanyi believes in team work. He builds trust with his team, and knows quite well that delegating is one of the core responsibilties of a political savvy. It.enables direct reports to grow , and to provides autonomy, lead to better decision-making.
Governor Ugwuanyi is very influential unlike some politicians who believe that influence is the with manipulation. He has key influencing skills
Indeed! Rt. Hon IFEANYI UGWUANYI is a political savvy leader. People should continue to imitate his leadership quality
Enugu state is in the hands of God. ….
BIBIAN ANEKWE NEWS ADDED ” LEADERS ARE DEVELOPERS, TEAM BUILDERS, ROADBLOCK REMOVERS AND INSPIRERS. THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON ENABLING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS. GOV.UGWUANYI, YOU’RE A BLESSING TO ENUGU STATE”
Written by
Hon Calistus Onyekachukwu Onyia
Media Team Member of Enugu di n’akachukwu movement
