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In today's fast-paced business environment, organizational change is inevitable, yet around 60% of these changes fail. Leaders can play a crucial role in navigating these transitions, but achieving success calls for more than just traditional leadership styles—it's also about mastering certain political skills.

Researchers from Radboud University and the University at Buffalo (State University of New York) found that sincerity, networking ability and other factors play a large role in successful transitions. Their findings are published in Group & Organization Management.

To find out how leaders can effectively lead an organization through significant changes, the researchers looked at the four political skills that are often seen as closely linked to the workplace: interpersonal influence, networking ability, apparent sincerity and social astuteness.

"These skills can be developed and trained, meaning any leader can become good at using them," explains Wieke Knol, lead author on the paper. "By studying which of these skills have the biggest impact on teams, we want to provide insight to leaders on what to work on before you embark on these types of organizational changes."

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