http://planforprogress.com Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:32:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bureaucracy dictionary.com defines a bureaucracy as: 1.     government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials. 2.     the body of officials and administrators, esp. of a government or government department. 3.     excessive multiplication of, and concentration of power in, administrative bureaus or administrators. 4.     administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine. Definitions ... http://planforprogress.com/parasitic-bureaucracy/ This fifth article in the series about being politically savvy in the workplace builds upon the foundational insights of the prior four articles: Office Politics I addressed the issue of neutralizing a toxic person at your workplace instead of committing either of the two fatal errors of trying to make them ... http://planforprogress.com/office-politics-iv-even-hitler-had-a-friend/ This third article in this series about being politically savvy in the workplace builds upon the foundational insights of the prior two articles. Office Politics I addressed the issue of neutralizing a toxic person at your workplace instead of committing either of the two fatal errors of trying to make them ... http://planforprogress.com/84/ This second article in a series about being politically savvy in the workplace builds upon the foundational insight of neutralizing a toxic person at your workplace instead of committing either of the two fatal errors of trying to make them a friend or treating them like an enemy. Instead, we ... http://planforprogress.com/83/ This first article in a series about being politically savvy in the workplace lays the foundation with a critical concept: how we position ourselves in relationship to a difficult personality in the workplace. Two Common Errors That Lead to Failure When faced with the challenge of a difficult personality in our workplace, ... http://planforprogress.com/82/ Are you old enough to remember when the BUFFALO NICKEL was in circulation? Or maybe you've seen them in display cases at a coin shop or in a friend's collection. They fascinated me as a kid, the picture of a proud Native American on the obverse and a mighty buffalo ... http://planforprogress.com/the-buffalo-nickel-approach-to-leading-people/ Sometimes you have to focus on survival before you can turn your attention to excellence. One of the most stimulating and perceptive things I've read in some time is the "12 Rules of Survival" by Laurence Gonzales on his web site, deepsurvival.com The author's introduction reads: "As a journalist, I've been writing about ... http://planforprogress.com/12-rules-of-survival/ After having counseled and coached literally hundreds of individuals and many families spread across my career, I'm convinced there are five critical elements for success in any specific endeavor and in life in general. Four of these are not so unique to me; you'll find entire books written concerning the first ... http://planforprogress.com/gottas-for-success/ We all know it: stress is a killer. But long before it gets that bad, it's still bad! Stress reduces our ability to think creatively and often contributes to hasty decisions that we pay for later. At the most elemental level, stress is a thief that can, if allowed, rob us of ... http://planforprogress.com/stress-a-major-obstacle-to-progress/ So many people in the U.S. are unhappy in their jobs. They drag themselves to work on Monday and all week look forward to Friday and the weekend. Perhaps you’re one of them. If so, I suspect that off and on (maybe daily) you’ve wondered if there is something else ... http://planforprogress.com/the-work-you-love-and-your-black-hole/