<em>This is part of a series of posts organized and arranged by <a title="Jane Perdue on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/thehrgoddess" target="_blank">Jane Perdue</a>. You can find the introduction <a title="Politics are Necessary, but not Necessarily Evil" href="http://getyourbigon.com/leadbigblog/playing-office-politics/" target="_blank">here</a> and the post on <a title="Networking Inside the Company Walls" href="http://jennifervmiller.com/networking-inside-the-company-walls/" target="_blank">networking</a> by <a title="Jennifer Miller on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/jennifervmiller" target="_blank">Jennifer V. Miller</a> at her blog <a title="The People Equation" href="http://jennifervmiller.com" target="_blank">The People Equation</a>. I also posted on <a title="Sincerity and Office Politics at Lead Change Group Blog" href="/sincerity-office-politics" target="_self">Sincerity and Office Politics</a> and <a title="Susan Mazza on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/SusanMazza" target="_blank">Susan Mazza</a> followed with a great post on the political side of agendas at <a title="Susan Mazza's blog Random Acts of Leadership" href="http://randomactsofleadership.com" target="_blank">Random Acts of Leadership</a>.  This is the final post in the series, titled <a title="Influence and Intentions on Life Love Leadership by Jane Perdue" href="http://getyourbigon.com/leadbigblog/influence-and-intentions/" target="_blank">Influence and Intentions</a> on the positive side of influence.</em>

Is there such a thing as positive office politics?  Jane Perdue has hosted a series of articles on the four behaviors that politically astute leaders master.  Jane asked each of us to post on one of the behaviors.  Her post <a title="Influence and Intentions on Life Love Leadership by Jane Perdue" href="http://getyourbigon.com/leadbigblog/influence-and-intentions/" target="_blank">here</a> presents the common thread.  When your motives are noble, your behaviors are received as "positive politics."  When your motives are selfish, your social astuteness, interpersonal influence, networking ability and sincerity all come into question.

When people perceive that your motivations include them, they give you the benefit of the doubt in many behaviors. Eventually your skills need to produce results in line with your true motives.  Jane's post points out 7 ways to improve your "win-win" influence skills. They're great tips.  Zoom over to her blog to <a title="Influence and Intentions on Life Love Leadership by Jane Perdue" href="http://getyourbigon.com/leadbigblog/influence-and-intentions/" target="_self">read the whole post</a>.  You'll be glad you did.