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How to Navigate Office Politics After a Restructuring
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When your company reorganizes, the official org chart tells only half the story. In this episode of The Office Politics Podcast, Lucas and Luna unpack what happens to informal influence networks after a restructuring, drawing on a 2025 McKinsey study that found 72 percent of post-restructure productivity loss stems from broken trust lines, not workflow design. They walk through a concrete case: a mid-sized SaaS firm that merged two product teams and saw a 40 percent drop in cross-team project completion rates within the first quarter. Lucas explains how to map the new political landscape—identifying who holds decision rights, who controls information, and whose informal authority survived the shake-up. Luna shares a practical tactic for re-establishing your own influence without seeming desperate: the 'reintroduction meeting.' The episode closes with a five-question diagnostic listeners can run on their own teams right now. If you are facing a reorg, this episode gives you a framework for reading the room before you make your next move.