Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge: How to Succeed from a Support Position - Couverture rigide

Bellman, Geoffrey M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1881052028 ISBN 13 : 9781881052029

Editeur : Pfeiffer Wiley, 1993

Synopsis

Whether you are a manager, administrator, professional or supervisor, you are not in Your job supports the decisions and goals of other people. You may often feel powerless to get things done and frustrated in your daily battles with the organisation. But the truth is that you are not nearly as powerless as you may feel. In this book, Geoffrey Bellman explores the many ways you can get things done and accomplish your own goals while supporting others' work. He shows how to: Empower yourself and others Effectively lead change in the organisation Build solid working relationships Develop positive political skills at work Establish patterns of success. Take risks wisely, set priorities, and get results. Discover greater meaning and fulfilment in your work. At the same time this book also: Presents powerful insights on leadership, teamwork, empowerment, organisational politics, and organisational change. Provides refreshing ways to think of your internal 'customers". Shows how to be more effective in enlisting key players in change, consulting internally, earning the respect of management, and doing more with less. Offers a wealth of practical approaches to use in your daily work. Encourages you to take the initiative for positive change and discover personal meaning in your work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Offers practical, straightforward advice that people at all levels can use to be more effective in their daily work and life Bellman's informal writing style and long experience combine to create a book that is as fun to read as it is practical to use. You are not in charge and you want to make a difference: that is the dilemma. You may not know who is in charge in today's changing, temporary, and virtual organizations, but you know you are not! You are searching for ways to contribute through the work you do and gain some personal satisfaction in the process. This book can help you do just that. In this new edition of his classic book, Geoff Bellman shows readers how to make things happen in any organization regardless of their formal position. The new edition has been written for a wider audience, including people in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, paid and volunteer workers, managers and individual contributors, contract and freelance workers. More than seventy percent of the material is brand new, including new examples, new chapters, new exercises, and much more. Bellman shows how to use his ''Getting Things Done'' model to accomplish great things right now, right where you are. Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge offers proven, practical techniques for Enlisting key people in your cause Gaining the support of decision-makers for initiating change Making a greater impact on the organization Taking the right risks at the right time with the right people Creating rewards for yourself through the work you do Dealing with organizational politics and power, and Getting more of what you want out of your work life. Bellman offers straightforward methods that can increase your organizational effectiveness and your individual happiness. Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge will help you discover new ways to contribute and succeed.

Biographie de l'auteur

Geoffrey M. Bellman spent the first fourteen years of his career on the inside of three Fortune 500 companies (Ideal Basic Industries, AMOCO Corporation, and G.D. Searle). Now, as an organizational consultant, he works with corporations on the effective use of human talent as they undertake major change. In this capacity, he has worked with more than 100 corporations, including GTE, TRW, and Shell Oil. He is the author of Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge, Your Signature Path, The Consultants' Calling, and The Quest for Staff Leadership, which won the National Book Award of the Society for Human Resource Management

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pfeiffer Wiley
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1881052028
• ISBN 13: 9781881052029
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible