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<\/a><\/p>\nOffice-Politics Adviser,<\/a> Timothy Johnson’s<\/strong> 3rd book, SWAT – Seize the Accomplishment<\/a> If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’ll know how Timothy combines lively humor and insightful, down-to-earth advice to help people make positive change happen in the workplace and their careers. Here’s a classic piece of “Timothy Johnson” advice from his letter to Twisted Tornado of office politics<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cThe first three universal rules about dealing with office politics: SWAT takes that same “head on” approach to problems (and to managing the bad guys). The book centers around using systems thinking to plan out accomplishments. Staying with the business “fable” format of his first two books, SWAT tells the story of Toby Donovan, a middle manager tasked with \u201cimproving the processes\u201d of his company\u2019s call center. With some advice and mentoring on systems thinking from his cousin, Rex, who is the local SWAT commander, Toby learns that \u201cSystems Working All Together\u201d can be the best \u201cSpecial Weapons and Tactics\u201d available.<\/p>\n SWAT offers innovative solutions and ideas that readers will be able to implement immediately — if they can just do this: “Seize the Accomplishment.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Buy the book:<\/strong> SWAT – Seize the Accomplishment<\/a> About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n Timothy Johnson<\/strong> is Chief Accomplishment Officer at Carpe Factum<\/a>. He is currently an adjunct professor at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, teaching MBA classes in Leadership, Managing Office Politics, Creativity for Business, and Project Management. An accomplished speaker, Timothy has enthusiastically informed and entertained audiences across the nation on the topics of project communication, office politics, creativity, and meeting management.<\/p>\n Other books by Timothy L Johnson: Race Through The Forest \u2013 A Project Management Fable<\/em> (Tiberius, \u00a9 2006, 2009) GUST \u2013 The \u201cTale\u201d Wind of Office Politics<\/em> (Lexicon, \u00a9 2007)<\/p>\n Contact Lexicon (Des Moines, Iowa) for additional details.<\/p>\n Lexicon, Corp.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=officepolitic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1934417025\")
\n1) inhale 2) exhale 3) repeat. OK, now that we\u2019ve covered the basics, let\u2019s deal with your problem head on. Yes, bad people do get promoted because of their upward relationships.\u201d
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<\/a>The SWAT metaphor comes from his real-life experience as a volunteer for the local SWAT team as their training photographer. This brings an engaging realism to the story, which is backed up by over two decades of experience in project management and strategic business solutioning for such companies as Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Teva Pharmaceuticals, ING, Wells Fargo, and many others. Timothy has managed projects ranging from a $14 billion class action lawsuit settlement to HIPAA compliance, from software conversion to process reengineering, from strategic IT alignment to automated decisioning, from producing a training video to creating a project office environment.<\/p>\n
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