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Manage Yourself
SHAWN WILLIAMS found himself facing an unanticipated challenge just two months after taking on an assignment as director of a new organization established to implement the provisions of a recently enacted program to improve drug-manufacturing safety. Essentially a start-up, the new organization was not only operating in a politically and legally sensitive environment, but it had a high public profile as well. Shawn had established himself as an aggressive leader in his previous positions and now was eager to show quick results; he dove into the task at hand with high energy and a sense of urgency.
By the end of just his first month on the job, he had established a set of priorities for the organization, made key personnel appointments, ...
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