Workarounds that work : how to conquer anything that stands in your way at work

Master the Art of the Workaround toBoost Your Productivity! with the variety of challenges leaders face every day, russell bishop has hit on an amazingly simple and highly effective solution: the workaround. this is a brilliant approach to facing day-to-day business challenges, and it works! marshall goldsmith, world-renowned executive coach and author of the New York Times bestsellers mojo and what got you here wont get you there if you want to succeed big, there is no substitute for sticking your neck out. russell bishop shows how to do it without getting your head chopped off. Workarounds That Work offers practical, down-to-earth advice on overcoming obstacles on the jobboth big and small. Its a must-read for anyone trying to navigate the bumpy road of the modern workplace. arianna huffington, cofounder and editor-in-chief, the huffington post Workarounds That Work tackles one problem area after another, busting myths and giving practical advice along the way. dave logan, professor at the marshall school of business at usc and bestselling coauthor of Tribal Leadership Workarounds That Work goes where none of the other productivity books gointo the messy, cky, hard-to-control stuff that we all face every single day. Youll finish this book with a fresh ake on how to think about productivity and at least a half-dozen new ways to get things done. les mckeown, Wall Street Journal and usa today bestselling author of predictable success todays relentless demands of work require a new model of how we get things done. Workarounds that Work envisions work as a continuous stream of free-flowing accomplishments instead of the headaches, inefficiencies, and stresses we associate with work today. Youll never experience red tape again. tony schwartz, ceo, the energy project, and bestselling author of The Way Were Working Isnt Working About the Book: youve experienced the frustration dozens of times: you need approval on a project, but a key sign-off person is out of town; a product is on a crash schedule, but youre missing an important detail; you need to move ahead in a process, but company rules cause delays. what you need is a workaround. in Workarounds That Work, Russell Bishopan expert in personal and organization transformationteaches the art of the workaround: a method for accomplishing a task or goal when the normal process isnt producing the desired results. Workarounds help you break through the tasks and systems that keep you from the important stuff. They even help you bring lasting change to your organization by doing away with frustrating institutional inefficiencies once and for all. workarounds arent only about getting things done. theyre about getting the right things done. to ratchet up productiv...