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Workarounds That Work: How to Conquer Anything That Stands in Your Way at Work

1st Edition
0071753737 · 9780071753739
Break through the barriers to get things done!What's more frustrating than knowing how to do your job, working hard, making tough decisions . . . and not getting results because some system, procedure, bureaucratic detail, or difficult personality ge… Read More
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Introduction;Chapter 1. It All Starts With You; Chapter 2. Getting the Right Things Done; Chapter 3. Misaligned Leadership and Unclear Direction; Chapter 4. How You Frame the Problem Is the Problem; Chapter 5. Communication and Action; Chapter 6. Accountability and Response-ability; Chapter 7. Breakdowns Between Silos; Chapter 8. When Cultures Clash; Chapter 9. Stop Deciding and Start Choosing; Chapter 10. Reaching Consensus; Chapter 11. Are You a Corporate Firefighter?; Chapter 12. When the Best and Brightest are Wrong; Chapter 13. Making the Most of Meetings; Chapter 14: The Email Avalance; Chapter 15. Working Around the Process; Chapter 16. Overcoming Resistence and Negativity; Chapter 17. A Workaround for Multi-Tasking; Conclusion

Break through the barriers to get things done!

What's more frustrating than knowing how to do your job, working hard, making tough decisions . . . and not getting results because some system, procedure, bureaucratic detail, or difficult personality gets in the way?

In Workarounds That Work, Huffington Post columnist Russell Bishop shows how to boost your productivity with a complete strategy for outmaneuvering anything that stands in your way. The key is to know which procedures and people you can circumvent without causing even greater problems for yourself or coworkers. Bishop provides valuable insight into the workarounds that often hide in plain sight, including:

Bypassing key stakeholders who stand in the wayPreventing malicious people from shooting down good ideasHandling misaligned leadership and unclear directionsWorking around other groups or “silos” whose goals are at odds with yoursManaging the power plays going on above and around you

By following the strategies in Workarounds That Work, you will not only get the results you need-you will also be perceived of as someone who can always be relied upon to get things done, no matter what obstacles stand in the way.