By Neen James, motivational speaker and attention expert.

As a keynote speaker and executive mentor, I am frequently asked for ways to deal with rules and bureaucracy in the workplace. Especially when dealing with some large corporations with employee manuals the size of War and Peace. Rules, regulations and bureaucracy are part of corporate culture, but, done right, they don’t have to squelch morale and productivity.

Here are six strategies for paying attention to what matters in a corporate environment rich with rules.