Outmaneuver the Bureaucrats: Bend Them to Your Will
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You will learn how to:
- Reduce the bureaucratic run-around so you get the yes’s you need
- Navigate the system like an “insider”
- Keep your project on track, with less frustration to you
- Feel more confidence in your goals and game plan
- Develop alliances that strengthen your hand
- Gain control—get more service from your attorney and others you hire
- Spot the timing traps early on so you can sidestep them
Faith Lynella
Faith Lynella (also published as Dr. Lynella Grant) is eclectic in both her wide-ranging interests and training. She has refined the ability to see details with razor-sharp precision, while spotting the larger patterns in play. She weaves these views together in describing aspects of the visionary process. She has walked the visionary path most of her life. Faith Lynella turned visionary thinking back on the process itself and “connects many of the dots” that explains how it works. She has had as many right-brain careers as left-brain careers. Her expertise in numerous fields significantly expands her depth of knowledge on the various topics involved.
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Outmaneuver the Bureaucrats - Faith Lynella
Outmaneuver the Bureaucrats
Bend Them to Your Will
Attorney Lynella Grant
Quick and Painless
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Outmaneuver the Bureaucrats: Bend them to your will
Lynella Grant
Copyright 2011 by Off the Page Press
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to anyone
who was told No
by The System,
but who didn’t let that stop them
Table of Contents
Start - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Never Fear the Impersonal System Again
Chapter 2 - Overcome Bureaucratic Obstacles and Conquer Your Dread of The Rules
Chapter 3 - Know the Pieces and Players to Assure Successful Results
Chapter 4 - Preparation Reduces Rejection, while Promoting Faster Responses
Chapter 5- Bureaucrats Are People Who Can Respond to Kind Treatment
Chapter 6 - Tricks to Get You Through Bureaucratic Minefields
Chapter 7 - Avoid Being Caught by Timing Traps
Chapter 8 - Persistence Keeps Your Proposal Alive and Moving
Chapter 9 - Wrapping it Up
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Start ~ Introduction
The Problem:
Are you tired of being jerked around by rules, regulations, and indifferent civil servants? The system is stacked against common citizens and small businesses, and that shows up at times when official permissions or documents are needed. Between the run-around and mixed signals, getting through the bureaucratic maze is often tricky.
The Solution:
Individuals and small enterprises must take control of the bureaucratic red tape that is so frustrating. Take an insider
approach by using methods most people don’t know. Get the leverage that comes with understanding the rules of the road
that we never heard about.
This book provides a powerful advantage to those who can cut through the crap and delays that are so much a part of dealing with officials on their turf. Gain the edge that makes sure those who work for the system
give you all the cooperation you need.
You will learn how to:
Reduce the bureaucratic run-around so you get the yes’s you need
Choose strategies that can deliver outcomes that you want
Navigate the system like an insider
Keep your project on track, with less frustration to you
Feel more confidence in your goals and game plan
Develop alliances that strengthen your hand
Gain control—get more service from your attorney and others you hire
Spot the timing traps early on, so you can sidestep them
Although the information provided here is about governmental bureaucracies, this advice can work in many other situations as well. Use the considerable power you have (even if you don’t realize it yet) to get through the minefield in dealing with any organization. And do it with a minimum of aggravation or uncertainty.
Chapter 1 ~ Never Fear the Impersonal System Again
The cards are stacked against you
Admit it—encounters with bureaucrats are often scary. Whenever you must deal with a government agency you feel vulnerable. Faceless governmental bodies make the rules, and you must dance their tune.
Nobody likes it. Even when there is no specific problem, you get a gnawing niggle that a routine matter could turn into a can of worms.
That possibility is likely enough to make you feel anxious, powerless, frustrated, and alone.
Even on those occasions when you succeed, the experience can still be painful to recollect. And we have little doubt that whatever happened was probably more complicated than it needed to be.
You know what I’m talking about because we have all felt it… more than once. Such encounters remind us that citizens are little guys in the grip of the system
that doesn’t care about whether we succeed. It has other priorities.
This book is written for you, a little guy. What I share shows how to muster your power, as well as where it will do the most good. It is possible for you to get through the regulatory mine field and achieve your goal by using every bit of the power you have. It is like walking a tightrope, but often that’s the only way to get where you want to go.
Building on experience and expertise
I have worked a lot with bureaucrats—heck, I’ve even been one. So, I know there are specific things a person can do in order to get around many of the obstacles inherent in the system. I’ve noticed things that work more often than not, and have figured out a few more myself.
I am an attorney, who practiced law over ten years and taught law for three more. Although that is not what I do these days, these skills have come in handy in many other situations—especially where there’s unequal power between the parties.
As a lawyer, I often represented clients who had already run into serious bureaucratic snags. So, what could we do next? Working together, my clients and I found various ways to restructure their methods so they could reach their goals.
In addition, as an entrepreneur, inventor, and small business owner myself, I survived in the trenches.
That often involved getting government employees to respond favorably to what I required from them.
Over the years, I have also been a government employee—a bureaucrat. I worked for the Federal government (three agencies), state government, as well as at county, municipal, and even tribal (Indian tribes) levels. From that side of the desk, I learned that some efforts made by individuals who want my cooperation made me quite willing to work with them. Or to go the extra mile. While other approaches made me dig in my heels.
How I was treated went a long day to defining how smoothly things went. Perhaps, the difference in my attitude was not on a conscious level, but it reflected what I was sensing from the petitioner.
Sometimes, success depends on the official feeling a personal stake in the outcome. As a student of human nature. I studied why some people are able to sail through the obstacle course, while others crash on the rocks. It is often apparent from the outset which behaviors lead to which results. Now I am prepared to share what I have learned.
This is a game of wits
There was a time when I assumed that everybody’s chances were about equal in getting through the bureaucratic maze. However, even though the obstacles are the same for everyone, not everybody gets entangled or trapped by them. I