Jennifer Selby Long

It's exacerbates the politics in the situation, right? Because it feeds...

It's exacerbates the politics in the situation, right? Because it feeds...

that lack of trust and where you know the lack of trust of course you're going to have more politics you're going to have much more of those power battles where you have more trust you're going to have less of that just because of human nature at the end of the day is about knowing yourselves and being intentional in choosing the workplace culture that fits your character and values

that lack of trust and where you know the lack of trust of course you're going to have more politics you're going to have much more of those power battles where you have more trust you're going to have less of that just because of human nature at the end of the day is about knowing yourselves and being intentional in choosing the workplace culture that fits your character and values

Yeah. You need to find the environment that is the best fit for you and for what you enjoy. I love your example of the person who said, yeah, we could probably be a lot more effective or successful if we had left from the political animal thing. But the reality was that was what that organization was like and he saw it. And so maybe that was not the right fit.

Yeah. You need to find the environment that is the best fit for you and for what you enjoy. I love your example of the person who said, yeah, we could probably be a lot more effective or successful if we had left from the political animal thing. But the reality was that was what that organization was like and he saw it. And so maybe that was not the right fit.

But maybe for someone who enjoyed that culture, it would be a great fit and they'd be pretty happy there. I do think what you said reminded me of So advice that is actually, it's not my own. It was from Martin Luther King's personal attorney, Clarence Jones. And he was part of the core group of activists who worked really closely with Dr. King.

But maybe for someone who enjoyed that culture, it would be a great fit and they'd be pretty happy there. I do think what you said reminded me of So advice that is actually, it's not my own. It was from Martin Luther King's personal attorney, Clarence Jones. And he was part of the core group of activists who worked really closely with Dr. King.

And I was super fortunate to hear him speak a number of years ago. Imagine your situation now. They have figured out that their movement is never going to get what it needs if they do not get a powerful white man from the South to align and to become an advocate. And that's gotta be something that was pretty painful for them to realize.

And I was super fortunate to hear him speak a number of years ago. Imagine your situation now. They have figured out that their movement is never going to get what it needs if they do not get a powerful white man from the South to align and to become an advocate. And that's gotta be something that was pretty painful for them to realize.

But the realization was there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. So what are your interests? What are theirs? In this case, they figured out that they needed a stakeholder who was a powerful white, Southern net.

But the realization was there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. So what are your interests? What are theirs? In this case, they figured out that they needed a stakeholder who was a powerful white, Southern net.

In your case, you might find that your personal interests and the personal interests of a firm that has that more intensely competitive political culture are aligned or are not aligned, right? What are your interests? What are their interests when assessing the environment that you're in and the ones you're considering?

In your case, you might find that your personal interests and the personal interests of a firm that has that more intensely competitive political culture are aligned or are not aligned, right? What are your interests? What are their interests when assessing the environment that you're in and the ones you're considering?

Get really clear on your own interests or values that are fundamentally unchanging and core. Your deep interests, right? The deep things that are who you are, not the more superficial current interests like I need to make this much money to, I don't know, pay my mortgage.

Get really clear on your own interests or values that are fundamentally unchanging and core. Your deep interests, right? The deep things that are who you are, not the more superficial current interests like I need to make this much money to, I don't know, pay my mortgage.

The second thing he said is you will not prevail unless the powerful majority sees that what you want is also in their interests. And I do think sometimes what looks like intense politics is actually just misaligned interests. The powerful majority and your interests are not. They don't go together. Right. Looking at who stands to lose.

The second thing he said is you will not prevail unless the powerful majority sees that what you want is also in their interests. And I do think sometimes what looks like intense politics is actually just misaligned interests. The powerful majority and your interests are not. They don't go together. Right. Looking at who stands to lose.

If you win, if it's a whole lot of people, that's going to be a highly political environment. Right. But if you can help people. those people to not lose money, to not lose space, to not lose if you prevail.

If you win, if it's a whole lot of people, that's going to be a highly political environment. Right. But if you can help people. those people to not lose money, to not lose space, to not lose if you prevail.