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Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge, 2nd Edition
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Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge, 2nd Edition

by Geoffrey M Bellman
September 2001
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
220 pages
4h
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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INTRODUCTION You Are Not In Charge

We succeed by helping others succeed; our accomplishment is dependent on theirs. In our more expansive moments, we might say that we make them successful. In their more generous moments, they might say that they couldn’t do it without us. We are often in-between, wondering how best to contribute and how much difference we make. Some of us get trapped “on hold,” waiting for the authority, waiting for others to tell us what to do. That does not work.

Our only chance for contributing is to quit waiting and wondering and do something. We serve ourselves and others best when we do not wait. Initiate, with the organization and all involved people in mind. No, we are not in charge but we can act. No, we are not ...

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ISBN: 1576751724