- You have to show that you (and your team) are useful. You have also to protect your team (within reasonable limits). - In a large corporation there are many

- You have to show that you (and your team) are useful. You have also to protect your team (within reasonable limits). - In a large corporation there are many transversal departments, (legal, HR, accounting, PR, marketing). Make sure you understand what they wait from you. Tell to the right persons that you work with them. - Get some access to the grapevine. - Understand who your peers are, their personal history, their ambitions. - Keep your ambitions within what is possible in real life, even if other people ask you to take risks. - In a large corporation there are always undercurrents, such as unions for workers, extra work activities for the management, make sure you are aware of them and that they are not hostile.