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		<title>Parasitic Bureaucracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/parasitic-bureaucracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Office Politics IV &#8211; Even Hitler Had a Friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/office-politics-iv-even-hitler-had-a-friend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Office Politics III &#8211; Judo Versus Karate Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/84/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Office Politics II &#8211; Use Public Power to Neutralize a Toxic Person</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/83/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Office Politics I &#8211; Neutralize, Don&#8217;t Make Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/82/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Buffalo Nickel Approach to Leading People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you old enough to remember when the BUFFALO NICKEL was in circulation? Or maybe you&#8217;ve seen them in display cases at a coin shop or in a friend&#8217;s collection. They fascinated me as a kid, the picture of a &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/the-buffalo-nickel-approach-to-leading-people/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>12 Rules of Survival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to focus on survival before you can turn your attention to excellence. One of the most stimulating and perceptive things I&#8217;ve read in some time is the &#8220;12 Rules of Survival&#8221; by Laurence Gonzales on his web &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/12-rules-of-survival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Gottas&#8221; for Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After having counseled and coached literally hundreds of individuals and many families spread across my career, I&#8217;m convinced there are five critical elements for success in any specific endeavor and in life in general. Four of these are not so &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/gottas-for-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stress &#8211; A Major Obstacle to Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know it: stress is a killer. But long before it gets that bad, it&#8217;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, &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/stress-a-major-obstacle-to-progress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Work You Love and the Threat of the Black Hole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://planforprogress.com/the-work-you-love-and-your-black-hole/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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