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Cubicle City
Practical Strategies for the Corporate Jungle
Cubicle City explores practical strategies for dealing with the competition, internal politics and many other obstacles that stand between you and achieving excellence.
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Like it or not, the business world is a highly competitive environment. Those who fail to realize this are easy to spot. They’re the ones with teeth marks on their ankles.
In order to reach for excellence and put a better plan into action, you must first understand why people cling so tightly to the way things have always been done.
When the people at every level of your organization start believing that they’re the Elite, they'll start acting that way, too.
If your people don't learn to lighten up and have a good time, all their hard work and extra effort will run your company straight into the ground.
Whenever you have a plan or proposal that requires interaction with others, it invariably has its first encounter with the emotions of the other parties. That's because by default, people tend to consider their own hopes and fears first, and that's an emotional experience.
Instead of a quick & dirty approach, take the time to employ long term thinking so that the paycheck you love so much will still be around tomorrow.
In the typical company, people often spend more time engaged in the political struggles of their workgroup than they do getting anything productive done. The predators of other departments are quick to scan your herd for the weak and the slow, and you can probably guess the rest.
As you demonstrate to people on a daily basis that you really care about improving their situation, even if you don't always have the immediate solutions, you'll be amazed at the response.
Tell people that they're brilliant and give them room to prove it for long enough, and they'll show you brilliance every time. We're not smarter than any other race of people. We're just encouraged to go for it. That makes all the difference in the world.
No matter what you do for a living, change will always be a constant in your universe. The best way to manage these little adventures is to develop an attitude of mobility.
What does your work group have in common with the zebras of the African plains? Aside from the fact that you both may sport racing stripes as your normal attire, there's much to be learned when it comes to protecting your company and your job.
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