Find creative colleagues, both inside and outside your company or organization whom you can approach for informal or formal consults. Determine if any of these can or should be approached to possibly become your mentor, or simply a trusted peer.

Eliminate hidden agendas and company politics whenever possible, if they interfere with progress and efficient development. A direct way to approach this (when appropriate) is to speak with (or remove) major perpetrators. An indirect way is to discuss this issue with their supervisors, those who lead meetings or projects where this occurs.

Try to present a range of possible options for discussing an issue or problem with others instead of strong recommendations.

Some workers want to only present a highly polished work product, rather than a rough plan, outline or partially completed work so that others can provide input. It usually is preferable to complete work products in an iterative manner so that you have buy-in from the necessary people.