Markus Krahnke, Office Politics Expert
For interviews, articles, podcasts and talks on power, influence and the unwritten rules in organisations.
Short bio
Markus Krahnke is the founder of OFFICEPOLITICS® and advises leaders on informal power relations in organisations.
A law graduate (Diplom-Jurist) with an MBA, he worked in the German Bundestag, on the parliamentary inquiry into party donations (Chancellor Helmut Kohl), in the Hamburg state parliament and at Vattenfall, one of Europe's largest energy companies. There, as a senior executive, he was responsible for the company's strategic representation of interests towards politics and society in Hamburg and Northern Germany.
His master's thesis deals with micropolitics in organisations. He is a certified executive coach.
Topics for interviews and talks
- What is office politics, and why does every organisation have it?
- Why new leaders fail politically in their first 100 days
- Where decisions are really made: formal hierarchy and actual power
- Exerting influence without losing your integrity
- What leaders can learn from parliament and politics