Career and Leadership Development Coach, Falls Church, Virginia.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 Mar;28(3):297-301. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7438. Epub 2019 Jan 14.
Organizational savvy is critical to career development, but is rarely discussed as a learnable skill. Drawing on >45 years of working closely with Academic Health Center professionals, the author offers an introduction to navigating organizational dynamics that will be especially valuable to women, as they tend to be less effectively mentored than men; mentors may also find this guide of use in coaching these skills. Common misconceptions that interfere with acquiring organizational savvy include assuming that academic medicine is a meritocracy, that hard work will assure success, and that disagreements are personal. People who learn to navigate competitive hierarchies are continuously expanding their understanding of significant events, of how their unit fits within the larger system, and of which constraints they can influence. Strategies suggested for developing a political compass focus on building relationships, learning from surprises and disappointments, facilitating dialogue with open-ended questions, and handling sensitive topics as they arise. The author opens with a case illustrating common new faculty dilemmas and closes with examples applying the mentioned recommendations. Becoming more organizationally savvy helps professionals advance not only their own careers but also improvements in their institutions.
组织悟性对于职业发展至关重要，但很少被视为可学习的技能。作者在与学术健康中心专业人员密切合作的 45 年中汲取了经验，介绍了驾驭组织动态的方法，这对于女性尤其有价值，因为与男性相比，女性得到的指导较少；导师在指导这些技能时也可能会发现本指南很有用。妨碍获得组织悟性的常见误解包括假设学术医学是一个精英管理的体制、努力工作就能确保成功，以及认为分歧是个人问题。那些学会驾驭竞争层次结构的人会不断扩大对重大事件、自己单位在更大系统中的位置以及他们可以影响的约束的理解。为培养政治敏锐度而提出的策略侧重于建立关系、从惊喜和失望中学习、用开放式问题促进对话，以及处理出现的敏感问题。作者以一个案例开始，说明了常见的新教员困境，并用所提到的建议来结束。提高组织悟性有助于专业人员不仅提升自己的职业发展，还有助于改善机构。
