This requires acute sensitivity to the relationships between key players in the organization, in addition to both acknowledged and private agendas. ADMs actively seek out opportunities to keep their organizational awareness comprehensive and current. This competency must be actively maintained by the individual, using good judgment about the relationships that influence the organization. ADMs use this competency to steer decision-making in the direction that will most effectively serve the public interest. Learning from experience, ADMs develop the wisdom to know when to cut their losses or when to pursue an issue more aggressively.
Organizational awareness comes from a range of sources from intuitive perception to factual data.
Teamwork ADMs are aware that service to the public compels them to contribute actively and fully to team projects by working with other ADMs and colleagues collaboratively as opposed to competitively, which includes working towards consensual solutions that enhance the output of the team. ADMs solicit and provide information that could affect the planning or the decision-making process by demonstrating a genuine interest in receiving information from others and encouraging others to offer their ideas or opinions. ADMs negotiate mutually acceptable solutions by trying to understand the positions, thoughts, concerns and feelings of others. ADMs assure all parties that fair solutions and better options will be identified. ADMs develop and maintain smooth, cooperative working relationships by showing consideration, concern and respect for others.