5 Ways to Speed Through Bureaucracy at Work - US News
Newly Corporate was recently invited to join the US News and World Report Career Blog Network “Outside Voices“. This article is the first post written for the network blog. Each of the authors here at Newly Corporate will post on the blog in a rotating schedule, one post total each week.
We all have been through it at work. Some process or change you are driving requires sign off from what seems like every manager in your company. Even when your work is done, you have to chase people down (most often managers), process their feedback, and get them to click a button or sign on the line. Sometimes these processes just take time, people should talk things over and consider alternative options but, there are ways to speed up the feedback cycle and accelerate approvals. Here are three five I use to ensure quick approval and feedback processing:
1. Use a repeatable approval process. Yeah, I know this is basic, if your company already has one, great! If not, there is nothing more frustrating then getting to the end of your approvals and realizing you need to go to another approver or worse, add another document and go through the entire cycle again. Layout the process before you start, notify those involved and draw it out graphically without acronyms or abbreviations.
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May 9th, 2008 at 8:29 am
I think there is another unspoken rule and it is “be reasonable”. No matter what tricks you have up your sleeve, you won’t get your request approved if it is unreasonable. Before you go poking and prodding, talk to some people with experience. Run your idea passed them and ask for their advice. Ask if it is the type of thing that usually gets approved. Someone will be *double* pissed if you are hounding them about something that is totally ridiculous. A bad idea that is well executed is still a bad idea.
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May 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Congrats on the blogging:)