Many leadership teams dismiss lobbying outright because they don\u2019t see where it fits. They\u2019re busy running operations, hitting targets, managing people. Government affairs? It feels abstract. Political. Optional. Dirty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But here\u2019s the truth: ignoring the policy arena won\u2019t make it ignore you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peter Drucker summed it up: “Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise as the relationship to the government. Managers have responsibility for this relationship as part of their responsibility to the enterprise itself. It is an area of social impact of the business. To a large extent the relationship to government results from what businesses do or fail to do.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Regulations, budget decisions, permitting delays, labor rules — these things can shift under your feet without warning. And if you\u2019re not at the table, you\u2019re reacting from the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you need to make the case to your executive team, frame it in business terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Takeaway:<\/strong> Many leadership teams dismiss lobbying outright because they don\u2019t see where it fits. They\u2019re busy running operations, hitting targets, managing people. Government affairs? It feels abstract. Political. Optional. Dirty. But…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[148,138],"tags":[171,170,174],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-lobbying","category-general-advocacy-tips","tag-business-advocacy","tag-government-affairs-strategy","tag-roi"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
Don\u2019t let \u201cwe\u2019re too busy\u201d be the reason your company loses influence. Smart leaders know when to invest in advocacy. It’s not a political play. It\u2019s a business one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"