[skybrian]

The original post was short on actual advice. My advice would be to make sure that what you do makes sense to the many people you work with, to people who don't know you at all in other parts of the company, and sometimes even the outside world.

This doesn't mean endless propaganda. It means taking the outside view, writing well, and perhaps sometimes giving presentations that are actually useful. It means earning trust at a distance, not backstabbing like you claim.