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CHAPTER THIRTEEN How Might You Help?

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The GTD model puts YOU at the center of the action. WANTS, REALITY, and PEOPLE connect to YOU—and often YOU connect them with each other, keeping them from functioning as separate elements. When you lead, others can choose to pursue meaning, to face the truth, to use their talent. YOU offer that opportunity. Or, you may not. Which leads to the focal question “How might you help?” Though this chapter affirms the power available to you from where you sit in your organization, you do not have to do everything. Use yourself judiciously; always consider the possibility that you might not be needed here. With ...

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